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| Jim Jones |
Ok I always knew about the friday's off thing, but I just heard that in addition to that and holiday's off, he's also getting TWELVE weeks of vacation time. That is insane to me. I haven't actually sat down and calculated it but just doing some estimations it seems like he's only going to be on the air a combined total of LESS than half a year. 100 and something shows.
That's bullshit. What gives with this schedule? |
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| stivhi |
| ...he's busy. Don't worry, even when Howard's not on, we'll still have two great channels of programing to choose from. Howard 100 & 101. You'll be happy ;) |
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| Pussah |
| repeats of Howard 100 news |
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| Jim Jones |
| Busy doing what? Every friday off and 12 weeks of vacation is NOT busy. I'm paying to listen to Howard Stern, not some bullshit "Round Table" crap. |
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| turdcuter |
| calm down butthead |
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| stivhi |
come on now....Tissue Time is AWESOME!!!!!
Nuff said |
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| jigzaw |
| Three months off does seem like a lot. It might be good of him to let us know when his time off is, because a Best Of is kind of a rude awakening when it's not expected. Especially at Sirius when Best Of will be pretty recent stuff for a while (assuming they will do some sort of Best Of). |
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| chrisnorton |
Isn't this about what he takes now?
The only thing I don't like about the new schedule is the lack of Fridays. But if Howard has enough content on the two channels, then I think I'll be fine with it. |
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| SteelRat |
| I'd understood it was 10 weeks off, not that it changes the original point much. |
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| drkodos |
Last time I checked, Howard was still a capitalist. He was hired by Sirius to boost memberships/subscriptions and sell units. Doing actual shows is the method used to get people to listen, but the primary goal is about making money.
Here is an economic pricinple they are counting on to be applicable: SCARCITY. |
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| Don Keebles |
Quote: Originally posted by Jim Jones
Ok I always knew about the friday's off thing, but I just heard that in addition to that and holiday's off, he's also getting TWELVE weeks of vacation time. That is insane to me. I haven't actually sat down and calculated it but just doing some estimations it seems like he's only going to be on the air a combined total of LESS than half a year. 100 and something shows.
That's bullshit. What gives with this schedule? |
If Howard does 100 shows in one calander year, then he will be doing 500 shows through the lenghth of this contract, right? OK.
Then if rumors are accurate, and Mr. Stern is getting the reported $500 million, then it's equal to $1,000,000 per show. That's what Jerry Seinfeld and the Friends cast got and they did 1/2 hour of BULLSHIT and Howard gives 4+ EACH DAY.
Stop your bitching and enjoy the avalanche of programming you're about to get hit with. |
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| Kill Van Kull |
Quote: Originally posted by drkodos
Last time I checked, Howard was still a capitalist. He was hired by Sirius to boost memberships/subscriptions and sell units. Doing actual shows is the method used to get people to listen, but the primary goal is about making money.
Here is an economic pricinple they are counting on to be applicable: SCARCITY. |
It seems to me that the majority of Howard’s listener base would fall into the “working class” demographic. As such, we would naturally be much less interested in making Howard an uber-rich capitalist than we would be concerned that we are getting the biggest bang for the buck that we spend to hear Howard’s show.
The listeners’ perception that Howard is “one of us” is an essential component to his continued success.
Quote: Originally posted by Don Keebles
…Jerry Seinfeld and the Friends cast got… |
I don’t recall having to buy special equipment or pay a monthly fee to watch Seinfeld or Friends. |
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| Don Keebles |
Quote: Originally posted by Kill Van Kull
It seems to me that the majority of Howard’s listener base would fall into the “working class” demographic. As such, we would naturally be much less interested in making Howard an uber-rich capitalist than we would be concerned that we are getting the biggest bang for the buck that we spend to hear Howard’s show.
The listeners’ perception that Howard is “one of us” is an essential component to his continued success.
I don’t recall having to buy special equipment or pay a monthly fee to watch Seinfeld or Friends. |
A TV? What's that? Special equipment? Chances are you were using your cable service, too (but that's free, right?).
Then you would say: B-b-b-but Seinfeld/Friends, etc. were all on free TV. I wouldn't need cable to view them.
To which I reply: Sheeeeeeiiiiiiitt, holmes. HBO, CINEMAX, SHOWTIME, and all the other movie channels have something on you don't like. It's their way of paying bills in addition to subscriber fees. They need to appeal to a wider audience, so they'll put on a documentary, some kid shows, weekly dramas, good AND bad movies which are all there to attract an audience that will PAY to watch this trash (one man's trash is anoth...oh, forget it) over some other channel on the dial.
In Howards situation he'll use commercials to cushion the costs of staffing two channels at Sirius. Remember, that's 48 hours a day to fill. Not only that, but movies and shows and various other products will come to Howard for advertising time. It's going to be the job of his staff to decide what is worth advertising (yes to this prod. and no to that movie) and how much will people pay to get the plug.
Imagine somebody paying $30,000 for ONE MINUTE of commercial time. That's crazy money to pass up.
Sorry to take so long but I still need to wait 30 min. before posting. |
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| Kill Van Kull |
Quote: Originally posted by Don Keebles
A TV? What's that? Special equipment?...B-b-b-but Seinfeld/Friends, etc. were all on free TV. I wouldn't need cable to view them...Sorry to take so long but I still need to wait 30 min. before posting. |
Thanks Don for responding – I also have the 30 minute restriction:
Okay – for arguments sake, I’ll accept your premise that a television set constitutes “special equipment,” although in reality, I think it does not.
I could have bought a TV for 30 bucks and watched every episode of Seinfeld and Friends ever aired for free. Not-to-mention, I can continue to watch them several times a day in re-runs well into the distant future. That's significanly less than the present commitment to have Sirius.
In that respect, it is hard to contradict the notion that Howard is “whoring-out” his faithful for his-own, significant personal gain. That said, I realize that those of us who will (or already have) subscribe(d) to Sirius, do so by our own free will.
But presumably, we will all “expect more” –we are not dishing out our hard-earned money just to make Howard a rich Jew. Over time, this “pay-to-play” endeavor could backfire unless Howard remains sensitive to his fans increasing expectations.
Working only 100 days per year is not a good start – how many people do you know that have every Friday and 12 weeks per year off??? |
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| stivhi |
| OK, stop all the "waa waa waa". Bottom line is that Howard uncensored will be great! Even if it's just 2 shows a week I'll be happy. Shit, I'm already thrilled with the On-Demand package. |
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| SteelRat |
| For the record, it's not literally 100 shows, it comes out to more like 160. |
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