According to Reuters, a New York state court clerk has disclosed that a settlement has been reached in the suit that CBS filed against Howard Stern. The suit alleged that Stern had improperly promoted his move to Sirius satellite radio in the months leading up to his day on CBS Radio.Of course, as in all stories like this, there is no confirmation of a settlement from either side. In fact, both sides are careful to say that no agreement has been signed yet, which doesn't mean that no deal has been reached, just that one hasn't been "signed" yet. As they say in the news, stay tuned ...
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5-24-2006 @ 9:31PM
Joel Keller said...
Howard goes on national TV (on Letterman, right in the enemy's den) to say how silly and absurd the suit was... and then he SETTLES? Guess the suit had some merit, after all.
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5-24-2006 @ 10:26PM
Mike said...
Interesting observation Joel.
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5-25-2006 @ 12:09AM
pest by trade said...
Hoo Hoo tell'em Fred CBS hired Opie and Anthony and now I'm paying they're paychecks with my settlement money Robbin'
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5-25-2006 @ 2:00AM
Erik said...
Joel, they could have settled for $1. Just because you settle doesn't mean the lawsuit had merit. It could cost more to defend then it does to settle. That's the point of our system, push the defendant into paying not to go through the process. It costs money for a defense even if you win.
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5-25-2006 @ 10:35AM
Joel Keller said...
But my point is, Erik, that with all of Howard's bluster, it really looked like he was going to fight this tooth and nail, no matter what the cost. My thinking is he settled because a) he realized the suit wasn't going to be dismissed and he'd have to pay for a trial defense, and b) he wasn't necessarily going to win.
I *hope*, though, that he gets his KROCK material in the settlement. It'll be cool to hear some of the early KROCK days on the Sirius show...
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5-25-2006 @ 11:34AM
Jimmy M said...
This morning he officially had "no comment" on air during Robin's news at the end of the show.
Who's to say in the settlement that they didn't pay him?
On top of it I - too - hope he gets his old tapes.
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5-26-2006 @ 3:28AM
RJ said...
Nothing more thansour grapes, they can't replace him with anyone people will listen to, so they will try to make money off of him. How much money did they make off of him while he was there? Corporate greed and jealousy.
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