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Video: Howard Stern’s BaBa Booey Throws First Pitch At Mets Game Continue reading ‘Video: Howard Stern’s BaBa Booey Throws First Pitch At Mets Game’
950 ESPN was forced to drop its “Battle Of The Babes” March Madness style promotion it had with GirlsOfPhilly.com. According to Gross, ESPN corporate wasn’t too fond of one of their stations partnering with such an unseemly internet locale and yanked the promotion.
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“Sirius XM, the embattled satellite radio company, said early Tuesday that it reached an 11th-hour deal with Liberty Media that will allow it to repay maturing debt and avoid a bankruptcy filing, at least for the moment. The last-minute deal parries an aggressive move by EchoStar, which owns the Dish Network and had been buying Sirius’s debt in hopes of taking control of the company if it defaulted.” [Link]
Mel Karmazin May Get Fired From Sirius XM Continue reading ‘Mel Karmazin May Get Fired From Sirius XM’
“A bankruptcy would make Sirius XM one of the largest casualties of the credit squeeze. With over $5 billion in assets, it would be the second-largest Chapter 11 filing so far this year, according to Capital IQ. The filing by Smurfit-Stone, with assets of $7 billion, has been the year’s biggest to date. Sirius XM, which never turned a profit when both companies were independent, is laden with $3.25 billion in debt. Its business model has been dependent, in part, on the ability to roll over its enormous debts — used to finance sending satellites into space and attract talent like Mr. Stern (who was paid $100 million a year) — at low rates for the foreseeable future until it could turn a profit.” [Link]
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“Britney Spears’s forthcoming single ‘If U Seek Amy’ is facing a U.S. radio stations ban over its controversial lyrics. The track, which is the third single from her current album Circus has Spears singing the phrase ‘If you seek Amy,’ which actually sounds like she is saying ‘Fuck me.’ ‘It’s OK to put in on an album, have fun with it, but we’re publicly owned, you know?’ Patti Marshall of Cincinnati’s Q102 told MTV.” [Link]
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“The shock jock’s syndicated morning radio show once drew a national audience of 12 million, but since jumping to satellite radio three years ago, his listeners have dwindled to a fraction of that. Where once Stern routinely commanded a parade of Hollywood’s hottest stars — George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Julia Roberts — today publicists are left to tout studio appearances by the likes of Chevy Chase, Joan Rivers or Hulk Hogan.” [Link]
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“According to the NY Daily News, Stern plans to kick off an auction for a 22-year-old woman’s virginity this morning so that she can pay for her education (where have we heard that one before?)! But Howard’s not doing it alone — the auction is being run through the famed Bunny Ranch, where the consummation will take place. Natalie Dylan, the woman in question, has agreed to submit to a lie detector test as well as a pelvic exam for the lucky highest bidder, to ensure that you’re getting what you pay for.” [Link]
