Howard Stern, Apple in rumored $600M iTunes deal
Oh, my. A short tweet from the Twitter account SIRI_STOCK suggests that Howard Stern and Apple are "on the verge" of a huge deal: "Howard Stern on the verge of signing $600 million 3 year agreement with Apple to host an Internet/TV/iTunes broadcast. $SIRI."
It's true that Howard's contract with SIRIUS will expire in January of 2011, and that he's yet to formally announce his future plans for the show. Yet, three things stand out to us when considering this idea. First, it appears that SIRI_STOCK is an account that "[follows] SiriusXM satellite radio stock," and is not officially associated with the company, so who knows where this information is coming from. Second is the notion that Apple would invite a guy who's accumulated millions of dollars in FCC decency fines to the party. Finally, 600 million bucks for three years is, in a word, absurd.
Is The King of All Media poised to legitimize online broadcasting the way he did for satellite radio? Only Bababooey knows.
Update: No -- turns out it's a prank. Very, um, funny?
