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March 14th, 2006, 05:59 AM
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:55:18 +0000, Boom wrote:
> Predictions:
>
> 1. CBS will cause Sirius' 1st quarter sales figures to jump through
> the roof. Their bogus lawsuit against Howard is only causing more
> attention to Howard's show, and is pretty much defeating their
> purpose.
>
> 2. Either Leslie Moonves or Joel Hollander will go down with this
> suit, as well as the idiot lawyer who dreamed it up. And maybe all
> three will go down. Regardless of how well Moonves is doing with the
> TV division, the fact that he collected $57 million while the radio
> division posted a $9 billion loss in the first 2 months of 2006 will
> not be lost on stockholders or CBS/Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone.
> Hollander is dead in the water and his fate is pretty much a foregone
> conclusion. Moonves is much more slippery and may actually survive
> it, but he will always be tainted by it. This is generally seen by
> the public as a waste of stockholder money, and Stern is already the
> winner in the eyes of the public. So for Moonves' and Hollander's
> sake, God forbid Stern's countersuit go anywhere, because it will
> surely be their career's death knell. Despite these idiot whiners
> calling Stern a liar because he didn't call them personally and tell
> them about his nose job, Stern, though given to bouts of overhyping,
> is generally perceived to be an honest person in business dealings.
> This suit will prove it.
>
> 3. XM will probably alright for a couple more years, but recent
> blunders, including spending $196 million on advertising combatting
> Stern, losing NASCAR next year, and Clear Channel continually
> asserting their muscle as a major partner with XM and forcing them to
> do things that continually sabotage the whole reason for having
> satellite radio in the first place, is going to take its toll on the
> satellite front runner.
>
> 4. Both stocks will hover around the prices they're at now for a few
> more months until more information is available about their futures.
> Then one stock will rise again and the other will fall. My prediction
> is the rising stock will be Sirius. Hugo Panero is going to be
> perceived as inept because he couldn't get the Stern deal done and he
> lost the second biggest draw for satellite besides music, NASCAR, and
> could have had Fox News channels but lost them to Sirius within two
> months. Like it or not, NASCAR is huge in the south, and their
> audience is the prime candidates to be satellite radio customers.
> Panero will be asked to resign within two years, and Clear Channel
> will send in a stooge in his place.
>
> 5. Roth will get canned but Corolla will survive because he's a radio
> guy and he's much easier to deal with than Roth. Nobody knows Rover,
> let alone care about him, but as long as he doesn't get greedy, maybe
> he'll be able to stay in the game. However, CBS Radio will never
> recover from Stern leaving, and will end up being sold for pennies on
> the dollar.
>
> 6. Opie and Anthony's little publicity stunt planting false stories
> about CBS being interested in them replacing Roth will backfire, and
> they will not only not get renewed at XM, but Mel Karmazin won't touch
> them for Sirius and they still won't be employable in terrestrial
> radio because of their continued stupidy. However, they will still be
> available when some internet radio station hires them.
>
> 7. Howard will have a job in radio at any capacity that he wants, and
> despite his bitching about wanting to retire, I think he'll continue
> broadcasting until he dies, at which point O&A will take credit for
> finally getting him off the radio.
>
> Observations:
>
> 1. People love Stern or hate him, but those in the business who
> declare themselves enemies of Stern will be humbled. Like him or not,
> Stern is beloved by his fans like no other radio personality ever, and
> people who declare war on Stern have not fared well in the past and
> will continue not to fare well.
>
> 2. Stern's non-fans will never get the fact that all their whining
> and bitching about him only serves to make his fans support him more.
> Just like anything, the huge volume of whiners and complainers shows
> the public at large that Howard is as relevant now as he's ever been.
> Whether they buy Sirius radios remains to be seen, but considering
> that I know several people who have bought them in the last month
> because they were huge fans but wanted to make sure his shows would be
> worth paying for, I think the sales directly attributable to Stern
> will continue, though maybe not quite at the rate they were before he
> came in. Looping the show and getting it streamed is going to attract
> a lot more people, though, and there will be another big burst when
> they finally start streaming him.
>
> 3. Stern's place in history as the greatest radio host in history is
> secure for at least the next 30 years.
>
> 4. The pest and non-Stern fan posts in here have reached a new level
> of desperation. Empirical evidence means nothing to them, and when
> you prove their stupidity wrong, they either ignore it completely or
> call you a dumb---- because you disagree with them. Still, those
> idiots will always be good for a laugh.
Good stuff, Boomie. I'm sadly betting that both Stern and CBS will
politely walk away from suing each other. I'd much rather see Stern win a
highly successful counter suit and get lots more money from CBS. It has to
be the stupidest suit to have come out in recent years......built solely
on Leslie Moonves' desire to pointlessly attempt to harrass Stern.
I predict Elegant Elliott Offen will figure out a way to punch Les Moonves
in the mouth, dislodging virtually all of his "chicklet teeth" caps, and
causing him to become the immediate vocal replacement for "Cliff Palate".
--
The Cunning Linguist :Þ- Commander, Usenet OperAtions
O&A always win in my end. Hey, they're violently ass-fucking me now!!!
> Predictions:
>
> 1. CBS will cause Sirius' 1st quarter sales figures to jump through
> the roof. Their bogus lawsuit against Howard is only causing more
> attention to Howard's show, and is pretty much defeating their
> purpose.
>
> 2. Either Leslie Moonves or Joel Hollander will go down with this
> suit, as well as the idiot lawyer who dreamed it up. And maybe all
> three will go down. Regardless of how well Moonves is doing with the
> TV division, the fact that he collected $57 million while the radio
> division posted a $9 billion loss in the first 2 months of 2006 will
> not be lost on stockholders or CBS/Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone.
> Hollander is dead in the water and his fate is pretty much a foregone
> conclusion. Moonves is much more slippery and may actually survive
> it, but he will always be tainted by it. This is generally seen by
> the public as a waste of stockholder money, and Stern is already the
> winner in the eyes of the public. So for Moonves' and Hollander's
> sake, God forbid Stern's countersuit go anywhere, because it will
> surely be their career's death knell. Despite these idiot whiners
> calling Stern a liar because he didn't call them personally and tell
> them about his nose job, Stern, though given to bouts of overhyping,
> is generally perceived to be an honest person in business dealings.
> This suit will prove it.
>
> 3. XM will probably alright for a couple more years, but recent
> blunders, including spending $196 million on advertising combatting
> Stern, losing NASCAR next year, and Clear Channel continually
> asserting their muscle as a major partner with XM and forcing them to
> do things that continually sabotage the whole reason for having
> satellite radio in the first place, is going to take its toll on the
> satellite front runner.
>
> 4. Both stocks will hover around the prices they're at now for a few
> more months until more information is available about their futures.
> Then one stock will rise again and the other will fall. My prediction
> is the rising stock will be Sirius. Hugo Panero is going to be
> perceived as inept because he couldn't get the Stern deal done and he
> lost the second biggest draw for satellite besides music, NASCAR, and
> could have had Fox News channels but lost them to Sirius within two
> months. Like it or not, NASCAR is huge in the south, and their
> audience is the prime candidates to be satellite radio customers.
> Panero will be asked to resign within two years, and Clear Channel
> will send in a stooge in his place.
>
> 5. Roth will get canned but Corolla will survive because he's a radio
> guy and he's much easier to deal with than Roth. Nobody knows Rover,
> let alone care about him, but as long as he doesn't get greedy, maybe
> he'll be able to stay in the game. However, CBS Radio will never
> recover from Stern leaving, and will end up being sold for pennies on
> the dollar.
>
> 6. Opie and Anthony's little publicity stunt planting false stories
> about CBS being interested in them replacing Roth will backfire, and
> they will not only not get renewed at XM, but Mel Karmazin won't touch
> them for Sirius and they still won't be employable in terrestrial
> radio because of their continued stupidy. However, they will still be
> available when some internet radio station hires them.
>
> 7. Howard will have a job in radio at any capacity that he wants, and
> despite his bitching about wanting to retire, I think he'll continue
> broadcasting until he dies, at which point O&A will take credit for
> finally getting him off the radio.
>
> Observations:
>
> 1. People love Stern or hate him, but those in the business who
> declare themselves enemies of Stern will be humbled. Like him or not,
> Stern is beloved by his fans like no other radio personality ever, and
> people who declare war on Stern have not fared well in the past and
> will continue not to fare well.
>
> 2. Stern's non-fans will never get the fact that all their whining
> and bitching about him only serves to make his fans support him more.
> Just like anything, the huge volume of whiners and complainers shows
> the public at large that Howard is as relevant now as he's ever been.
> Whether they buy Sirius radios remains to be seen, but considering
> that I know several people who have bought them in the last month
> because they were huge fans but wanted to make sure his shows would be
> worth paying for, I think the sales directly attributable to Stern
> will continue, though maybe not quite at the rate they were before he
> came in. Looping the show and getting it streamed is going to attract
> a lot more people, though, and there will be another big burst when
> they finally start streaming him.
>
> 3. Stern's place in history as the greatest radio host in history is
> secure for at least the next 30 years.
>
> 4. The pest and non-Stern fan posts in here have reached a new level
> of desperation. Empirical evidence means nothing to them, and when
> you prove their stupidity wrong, they either ignore it completely or
> call you a dumb---- because you disagree with them. Still, those
> idiots will always be good for a laugh.
Good stuff, Boomie. I'm sadly betting that both Stern and CBS will
politely walk away from suing each other. I'd much rather see Stern win a
highly successful counter suit and get lots more money from CBS. It has to
be the stupidest suit to have come out in recent years......built solely
on Leslie Moonves' desire to pointlessly attempt to harrass Stern.
I predict Elegant Elliott Offen will figure out a way to punch Les Moonves
in the mouth, dislodging virtually all of his "chicklet teeth" caps, and
causing him to become the immediate vocal replacement for "Cliff Palate".
--
The Cunning Linguist :Þ- Commander, Usenet OperAtions
O&A always win in my end. Hey, they're violently ass-fucking me now!!!