Stern blames 'rights' for iPhone app no-show
Howard Stern won't be coming to the Sirius XM iPhone app.
(Credit: Sirius XM)When Sirius XM released its iPhone application last week, one of the conspicuous omissions was Howard Stern. After fielding a call from a fan on Monday, Stern discussed why his channels won't be featured on the iPhone app.
"It was a rights thing, a contractual-rights thing," Stern told listeners. "It was a rights issue and a whole entanglement thing. So, we're not on it. Maybe one day, we will be."
Stern sidekick Artie Lange chimed in, saying, "Apple shouldn't profit off Howard Stern."
After trying to find the words to answer Lange, Stern responded with a simple, "Yeah, that's it."
Stern's production company is paid $100 million each year by Sirius XM. I guess that fee just isn't enough to include his channels in its iPhone app.
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No great loss.
I know Stern struggled a lot in his life with a lot of "suits" causing him crap, but now that he controls his own rights, he is just like those suits he despises so much.
And his excuse is bull because you can listen to stern online on Sirius's site so I don't get why what is essentially the same thing is blocked on the iPhone.
Its weird to me because when Flash 10 launches for Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and WebOS they'll have access to the full Sirius Online catalog, and sub sequentially Howard Stern. while iPod Touch/iPhone users who paid for a UI overhead will be left out in the cold
A bit full of themselves aren't they?
I do think he's a smart guy and a pleasure to listen to -- not nearly as crude, most of the time, as his reputation suggests. But this is ridiculous.
Still again, a pleasant surprise to find civility here....
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- by codynews June 23, 2009 3:41 PM PDT
- Stern is an idiot. I totally forgot about him. I'm amazed (seriously) that he still has an audience.
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- by mysticrom June 26, 2009 7:55 PM PDT
- LOL at that comment!!!!!! That's like saying I'm not going to pay for a service because they pay for country music.......even tho they have tons of content I really like. Awesome thought process
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Showing 1 of 2 pages (53 Comments)Stern was the reason (or one of them) I didn't get sat radio. I'm not going to pay for a service that pays for that idiot.
Cody