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Originally Posted by eZe
The whole business model at this point revolves around getting subscribers. After they have them they are counting on being able to hook them with other content and shows. kinda like going back to dial up after having had DSL or getting rid of your cell phone. It's not going to happen. After then get enough market share they will stop paying crazy ass money for content. Howard Stern retiring at the right time would probably be good for them. The worst thing that could happen would be Stern jumping ship to the competition.
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Without question. If Stern left them for a competitor they would be screwed, but I think once people have the service for a while you never want to go back to regular radio and they are counting on that. I think they will do well as long as they continue to develop new content while Stern is still on the air. Also Howard has the rights to all of his old shows. They could license them and play them and people would still listen. He has 20 years worth of shows they could keep playing even after he retires.