Sirius XM has signed a new five-year deal with infamous ’shock jock’ Howard Stern, one that will pay him somewhere between $80-$100 million per year.
Stern’s current 5-year $500 million deal expires at the end of the year.
As part of the new deal, the shock jock can also be streamed via mobile/Internet apps, such as those found on the Apple iPhone and Android smartphones, alongside satellite radio devices.
Stern’s first deal blocked the host from being on Internet sources.
Since Stern’s original contract was signed, Sirius’ subscriber base has jumped from 600,000 to 19 million.
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Target has announced today that it will begin carrying the Apple iPhone in all 846 stores that include a Target Mobile center.
The phone will go on sale on November 7th.
Target will offer both the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 4, as well as free in-store activation if you are a first-time iPhone buyer.
“At Target we continue to offer our guests the best in electronics so we’re happy to add iPhone to our Target Mobile offerings,” added Mark Schindele, senior VP of merchandising at Target. “With expert support from Target Mobile specialists and in-store activation, our guests will be able to leave the store with a new, working iPhone3GS or iPhone4 in-hand.”
The retailer also noted that it was rolling out Target Mobile centers to most Target stores by the end of the Q2 2011.
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China Unicom has said it will begin selling the popular Apple iPhone 4 in China beginning this coming Saturday, the 25th.
The carrier says it has already taken 50,000 pre-orders for the smartphone.
In separate news, the carrier began selling the iPad tablet on Friday, with Apple Stores being bombarded by consumers.
Apple’s store in Beijing had fans waiting since Tuesday to be the first to get the device, and a similar line is expected for the iPhone.
Says David Han, one of the first to get a tablet: “I came straight here from work on Tuesday to be first in line. I could have bought an imported gray-market or pirated iPad, but I waited to buy the iPad directly from an Apple Retail Store.”
So far, Apple is only selling the Wi-Fi model of the iPad with the Wi-Fi/3G model listed as “coming soon.”
