SiriusXM, Stern ink 5-year deal

Howard Stern has reached a five-year deal with SiriusXM to continue making his show for the satellite radio company through the end of 2025. Forbes magazine has reported that Stern was already making $90 million (U.S.) a year. “Now that I can work from home, I simply don’t have an excuse to

quit,” Stern said in announcing the deal on his show Tuesday. Sirius had 600,000 subscribers when Stern announced in 2004 he was leaving over-the-air radio to join the company, and he started in 2006. The company has nearly 35 million subscribers now and Stern is clearly the marquee talent. The deal also gives SiriusXM exclusive rights to Stern’s audio and video library through 2032. Stern has two channels on SiriusXM and his empire now includes video content. Once best known as a shock jock, Stern has developed into one of the sharpest interviewers in the business.