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Marci Turk (MarciTurk@shitshow.inv) 2015/12/15 21:44

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:54:26 -0500, Joshua Katt <Joshua@Katt.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:57:54 -0800, a <none@no.net> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:12:25 -0500, "Artie Lang Jr" <runkit@gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I think Howard would have told us by now if he would NOT re-sign.
>>>
>>>What do you think???
>>>
>>>Of course we want more of the show -
>>>
>>>1) Do you think it will be even less days a week/year??  Would that be acceptable?
>>>2) Will it be for 5 or something less (i.e. 2 year contract?)
>>>
>>>I'm interested in what you think.
>>>
>>>
>>My worthless psychoanalysis is that since doing the show seems to be
>>Howard's way of validating himself in his parent's eyes, especially
>>his father, I think he will continue to do the show as long as his
>>parents/father are alive.  But I could never understand why he doesn't
>>do Tue-Wed-Thurs so that he could have a 4 day weekend.  So maybe
>>he'll just change his schedule to different days of the week.  How
>>many days will depend on how much SiriusXM wants to pay, so less money
>>could mean less days.  The length of the contract could be flexible
>>since it would give him an out if his parents do die.  Another
>>worthless thought is that Howard has the worlds worst agent.  But not
>>telling us is just good negotiating.
>
>My 2 cents, shortly after the 1st renewal 5 years ago, Howard
>mentioned that his father said many years ago to never accept a pay
>cut.  So we got less shows but the per show rate remained the same.
>I'm sure this will be the case for this renewal...

Then we should expect 1-2 days per week now?  I can't imagine Sirius
paying the same amount for the diminishing effort Stern has been
putting forth the last few years.

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