In today's podcast, King Chuck discusses...
*The U.S. version of Britain's The Sun newspaper is reporting that Howard Stern will leave SiriusXM once his contract expires at the end of the year. Chuck reminds people that The Sun is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox News Channel.
*Murdoch's media - namely the New York Post - have had a long history of trashing Stern.
*It is true that SiriusXM is losing subscribers. However, Yahoo reported that Stern only has 125,000 listeners. Chuck claims that the number is way off.
*Stern - who is on vacation until next month - did a surprise broadcast on Wednesday. He made no mention of the rumors, but he did announce that Metallica will have their own channel later this month. It will be on channel 42, displacing "The Sound", which was curated by Canadian rapper Drake.
*Today, longtime Stern fan and Photoshopper extraordinaire Doc Ivan made a post about The Sun's allegations that made perfect sense: the only person one could really trust in all this is Stern himself. He has four months to make an official announcement. At 71, if he retires, he retires.
*There's a fear that if Howard is yanked off SiriusXM, it will be politically motivated. The company is majority-owned by John Malone, a billionaire who is a major supporter of Trump.
*Malone is known for his conservative Christian views. Chuck told the story on how he almost screwed over the rock group Guns 'N Roses and helped made Pat Robertson very, very wealthy.
*Malone's former company, TCI Cable, yanked MTV and Comedy Central from west Michigan cable boxes for being too inappropriate for children.
*Malone is on the board of Warner Bros. Discovery. Chuck thinks that he played a role in Cinemax discontinuing showing softcore flicks late at night.
*Among Malone's assets include F1 Racing and Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster. He used to own the Atlanta Braves baseball team and the former CBS affiliate in Michigan’s western upper peninsula.
*When told that Stern was leaving SiriusXM, President Trump trashed him, claiming that his downfall began when he supported Hillary Clinton in 2016. Trump was a former frequent guest on Stern's show. Chuck pointed out that Trump is in bed with some of the hate groups that clamored to get Stern off the air.
*If Stern's ratings are shrinking, it's due to him no longer having strippers or porn stars on the show. Plus, the fact that he swept Artie Lange under the rug and the fact that he's hardly used his studio since the pandemic have hurt his image. Having guests that don't relate well to his fans like Adam Levine and Scooter Braun (Justin Bieber's manager) have also alienated fans.
*In the end, if Howard retires, Chuck fears that he'll become a recluse like Johnny Carson.
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