If Bubba did the show he was doing for Sirius a few years ago he would be worth resigning. But to replay his FM show is not worth it.
I miss the old real Bubba Sirius shows.
If Bubba did the show he was doing for Sirius a few years ago he would be worth resigning. But to replay his FM show is not worth it.
I miss the old real Bubba Sirius shows.
If he cuts a deal with Sirius XM that he's happy with, what motivation would he have to bash them? Wouldn't he be more inclined to sing their praises? What makes you think he'd continue to bash them?
Hell Howard was been bashing Sirius XM pretty hard during negotiations, and ripped apart Scott Greenstein worse than Bubba ever did. I don't see the same amount of criticism aimed at Howard for that. But I totally get it, it's always been a double standard with him and the Stern fans that rip on Bubba for "creating drama."
I know Howard is a lot more important to Sirius XM, but I don't think that means he should be excused for ripping into the company like he has been.
I'll agree with you that the FM show replay isn't worth as much as he thinks. The Radioio show being on Sirius XM would be worth a hell of a lot more.Howard doesn't bash the service nearly as much as Bubba. and the way Howard does it is way more subtle. He doesn't tell people to email Scott or call them and cancel Huge difference.
And who's to say that Bubba isn't always asking for more than anyone is willing to pay him? You are only worth what someone is willing to pay.
I'll agree with you that the FM show replay isn't worth as much as he thinks. The Radioio show being on Sirius XM would be worth a hell of a lot more.
Bubba did tell people not to e-mail Scott on his Twitter. But yeah, his encouraging people to cancel is just as bad as outright telling them to cancel. He's not helping matters.
If Bubba did the show he was doing for Sirius a few years ago he would be worth resigning. But to replay his FM show is not worth it.
I miss the old real Bubba Sirius shows.
How can Bubba do an exclusive show? He wasn't getting paid so he had to work FM and Sirius and got tired of it after the first year. If Sirius paid him enough he'd quit FM and go to Sirius exclusively.
They would be insane to broadcast the RadioIO show. It will be a non-stop advert for RadioIO meanwhile bashing Sirius XM. I know we disagree on this but there is no question in my head that would happen.
It doesn't make Business sense at all to do that.
I am sure Bubba would be happy to do a Sirius exclusive show, except they won't pay him. They would rather spend their money on the mad dog, oprah, and dr. laura.
When you get down to it, Howard isn't exclusive either because of HowardTV. In fact, I'd claim that Howard is less exclusive than Bubba would be with RadioIO because the HowardTV stuff is just a rebroadcast of the radio show. Bubba's RadioIO content, I assume, would be completely new & different content.
Let me be the first to say thank you to Sirius for FUCKING the fans once again. First they kill great music programming, then they hire the Maddogs and the Jamie Foxx's of the world instead of building up a product that will be a sure thing for the future when Howard finally retires.
They should hire Tiger Woods to host a show on the PGA Tour channel on XM. Maybe they can pay him $3M to fuck hookers during The Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
I fail to see how this means that Sirius is 'fucking the fans'. Keep in mind the best that Bubba has to offer (in 2011) is a FM simulcast or a tape-delayed FM show. I do not believe the 2 hours of RadioIO programming were in play, and I believe that the Friday live Sirius shows would be history too.
I saw Bubba talked about an 80% cut. If all he has to do is provide a 5 day a week FM radio show that he is already doing (and being paid for), the song "Take the Money and Run" comes to mind, especially seeing as that FM radio show is available for free streaming online.
If SiriusXM is willing to pay for something being given away in syndication... Go on, take the money and run...
Throw in 1-2 live shows per every 3-4 Fridays, and we're gold. Something like this would be great: Live, Live, Live, Tape, Tape, Live, Tape, Tape, Live, Live.
I would put up with a repeat of last year, if it meant four or five SiriusXM shows a day in 2012...if Bubba wanted to go racing in the summer on a Friday, i'd have no beef, if he put in good shows the previous few days.