http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2006/11/30/audio-stern-effect-24-7/ Just another Blogs.reuters.com weblog Sun, 7 Sep 2008 11:27:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2006/11/30/audio-stern-effect-24-7/#comment-74330 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » The Stern effect Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:09:23 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2006/11/30/audio-stern-effect-24-7/#comment-74330 [...] Compare Reuters’ coverage of Sirius chief Mel Karmazin’s remarks at their conference in this story and this blog post. The story says: ” ‘How are we reliant (on Stern)?’ Karmazin said at the Reuters Media Summit in New York. ‘I don’t think we’re reliant in any shape or form. We have 135 channels.’ ” But on the blog they quote Karmazin saying: Howard would say that we had 600,000 subscribers (in December 2005) and we now went to 6.3 million (subscribers). Well, over 5 million people subscribe to Sirius paying $12.95 a month or $130 a year times 5 million (additional new subscribers after Stern joined) So gee, based on Howard, you (Sirius) brings in $500 million a year and you only pay me (Howard) $100 million. (Howard would say,) I didnt do so well in getting paid. [...] […] Compare Reuters’ coverage of Sirius chief Mel Karmazin’s remarks at their conference in this story and this blog post. The story says: ” ‘How are we reliant (on Stern)?’ Karmazin said at the Reuters Media Summit in New York. ‘I don’t think we’re reliant in any shape or form. We have 135 channels.’ ” But on the blog they quote Karmazin saying: Howard would say that we had 600,000 subscribers (in December 2005) and we now went to 6.3 million (subscribers). Well, over 5 million people subscribe to Sirius paying $12.95 a month or $130 a year times 5 million (additional new subscribers after Stern joined) So gee, based on Howard, you (Sirius) brings in $500 million a year and you only pay me (Howard) $100 million. (Howard would say,) I didnt do so well in getting paid. […]

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