SiriusXM plans to keep Stern’s archive not the man. Hollywood learns the hard way politics doesn’t pay

Howard Stern’s collapse is raw. From 20 million daily listeners to barely 125,000. SiriusXM insiders say his $500M contract is “no longer worth the investment” https://www.heycolleagues.com/news/howard-stern-show-cancellation-rumors-2025

Stern went political. “I hate the people who voted for him,” he said about Trump supporters. “I think they’re stup*d. I do. I’ll be honest with you, I have no respect for you” https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/06/howard-sterns-depraved-anti-trump-siriusxm-show-reportedly-too-be-cancelled-1574056/

Now SiriusXM is offering him a deal they expect him to reject. Just to keep the archive. “There’s no way they can keep paying his salary,” one exec said. “It’s just not worth the investment” https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/no-howard-stern-not-getting-071137324.html

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Stern tried to push back. “We’ll be back on the air, live. I’ve been refueling,” he said. But he didn’t deny the cancellation rumors https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/howard-stern-vows-back-amid-213103592.html

Stephen Colbert’s show was canceled last month. CBS called it “purely a financial decision.” Trump celebrated. “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings” https://tvline.com/news/stephen-colbert-cancelled-donald-trump-reaction-late-show-cbs-1235475388/

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The numbers are doing the talking. Ratings collapse. Contracts expire. Networks cut losses. Every exec in Hollywood is watching. They can hate Trump all they want. But they still run businesses.

Entertainment moves on profit. Not politics.