Howard Stern

Howard Stern's new Sirius XM radio deal allows for streaming to iPhone

By Jeremy, Thursday, Dec 9, 2010 a 2:04 pm

Today it was announced that Howard Stern has inked a new deal with Sirius XM satellite radio that will keep him on air through 2015. This is great news for all of the iPhone toting Stern fans out there as this new deal allows for his show to be on for another five years but it also allows the show to be streamed over your iOS device via the Sirius application, something that was not allowed previously due to Stern's old contract.

UPDATE: Hoax! Howard Stern leaving Sirius for $600 million iTunes deal?

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Dec 3, 2010 a 2:47 pm

There's a crazy rumor floating around the web that Howard Stern, a popular radio personality who's been in the business for 35 years, will be leaving Sirius Satellite Radio after his contract ends in January to pursue a possible deal with Apple. The rumored deal calls for a $600 million 3-year contract for an internet broadcast show distributed through iTunes, and could be made available to Apple TV owners as well.

Sirius to Stream Content to iPhones (Officially)

By Jeremy, Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 a 2:12 pm

Well it is official, Sirius XM will be streaming it's satellite radio content sometime this spring according to CNBC. This announcement has come very quickly after Nicemac announced they were closing shop and this is exactly what we predicted was going on from the first time StarPlayr was "not accepted" by Apple. Mel Karmazin, chief executive of New York-based Sirius said:

blockquote>"It behooves us to consider every possible way to grow our subscriber base."

StarPlayr for iPhone Officially Waves Bye

By Jeremy, Sunday, Mar 8, 2009 a 11:32 am

Is this really a surprise to anyone who was following the whole Sirius StarPlayr for the iPhone debacle? No wonder Nicemac said their iPhone StarPlayr app was "not rejected" but rather "not approved". It looks like they ran into some sirius issues with Sirius XM and not Apple. Which I might point out, is what many of our readers predicted.

UPDATED: Apple Waves Bye Bye to the uSirius StarPlayr App... for iPhone for Now?

By Jeremy, Friday, Feb 27, 2009 a 7:10 am

UPDATED: Developer NiceMac provided an update in the comments:

The app was not rejected, however it could not be approved at this time.

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