CBS Sues Stern

CBS Corp.'s radio division sued Howard Stern Tuesday, claiming its former star shock jock breached his contract with them when he moved to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., according to Yahoo News! The lawsuit claims Stern improperly used CBS Radio's air time to promote his new show with Sirius, which began last month. CBS also claims Stern discussed his plans with Sirius without disclosing them to CBS as required under his contract. Shares of satellite radio company Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. fell in premarket trading today, Business Week says. Stern insists he acted honorably and honestly, and blasted the lawsuit as a personal vendetta against him by CBS CEO Les Moonves, according to NBC News. “You can't have a lawsuit, and leave me on the air for 14 months and then say, ‘I didn't know what Howard was doing’," Stern says. "I can't hijack a radio station." CBS Radio is asking for what amounts to millions of dollars, including the value of the Sirius stock Stern received.

I was very shocked when I first read about this. Stern made it known he was leaving CBS for Sirius long before his contract with CBS expired. If he was promoting Sirius while he was still with CBS, why didn't CBS do anything about it then? If this is a personal vendetta by Moonves, then I think that it is very unfair to Stern. Moonves is probably mad, because when Howard left CBS Radio, so did millions of listeners. I hope Stern sticks it to CBS. Go Howard!