Stern definitely has been acting up more than usual lately. I think he's trying to get fired so that Viacom would have to pay his guaranteed contract and he could start on Sirius right away. I expect to see him really act like a **** this year so he can get fired and generate some kind of controversy that he thinks will bring some attention to his move.
Paying Stern $500 million over five years is ridiculous. Sirius is bleeding money right now. I have my suspicions that they might not even make it until Stern is supposed to jump in Jan '06. I'd laugh my ass off.
IMO, he should have moved to satellite 2 years ago before everybody else.
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