Report: Howard Stern Cuts Staff, Plans Weekly Show Schedule.
Page Six reports Stern will host live only one day a week, with the rest of SiriusXM's schedule filled by reruns and archive material.
- Howard Stern plans to produce one new show per week on SiriusXM starting this fall, following his summer hiatus after Labor Day.
- During a Zoom meeting on Monday, approximately a dozen staff members were informed their positions were being eliminated due to reduced need for original programming, according to Page Six.
- These cuts occur less than a year after Stern signed a new three-year agreement, and affected employees will receive severance packages based on their tenure with SiriusXM.
- Remaining airtime will be filled with material from Stern's extensive archive; SiriusXM did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the layoffs or programming changes.
- When announcing his renewal, Stern cited a desire for "more free time" and "flexibility," while his wife, Beth Stern, noted on Andy Cohen's Sirius show that his schedule works well.
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