Don’t worry about Howard……he’ll get his money, the companies are combining not going out of business, as many lawyers were involved in the process there is no way out of paying him off. Especially since he keeps getting bonuses for doing a good job. He just made another 5 million in bonus money.

Let’s also not forget this has to clear the Federal Trade Commission and the FCC before they can declare a “done deal.”

That probably won’t happen until the end of the year.

I would hate to see this deal nixed because of the possible monopoly created.

If my memory serves me correctly, didn’t one of the services just launch more broadcast satellites recently to “improve coverage”???

Should also be interesting to see how Clear Channel exercises its stock holdings to beef up its revenue streams.

I dont really care what happens to Stern and his millions, but part of the reason that he was pulled to SatRadio was to entice more folks to brand A verse brand b…as well a not too amused FCC, so it will be interesting to see what happens with the king of shock.

Anyone hear what effect this will have on Howard Stern and his positioning to SatRadio? Wonder if they will honor the contract and the astronomical pay that comes with it….”

What does Howard really have to care about??

He just made a boatload of money with the stock options he just picked up last financial quarter. The stock of both companies has been up around 10 percent since the announcement of the merger.

Either way, Howard is getting PAID. More than likely, He will end up on both services.

Programming decisions will be the LAST thing a combined company will think about. They already have their collective “ducks in a row.”

What I want to know is are they going to combine efforts and offer both services with the existing satellite bandwidth or is a brand new roll-out of equipment going to follow the merger??