He's such a fucking asshole thinking he deserved that much.........more! http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...300m-bonus-sirius-xm-merger-article-1.1314416
You know he's dying inside because of this. He probably's sobbing like a little child that didn't get any Ice Cream before bed . . .
Howard got almost a billion during his first 5 year contract with Sirius. 50 million signing bonus up to 100 million licensing fee for THSS/year A 28 million dollar merger bonus (people talk about 25. No. Howard got 28 and payed FuckWald 3 million) 330 million stock bonus for subscribers (that he sold the same day) A production budget XX millions (enough to hire almost 50 people on the show) XX million in licensing fee to Indemand for HowardTV Free 24/7 limo service. If promoting Sirius: Free private jet / AAA accommodation for Howard and Buchwald, 100 % creative control over H100/H101. Sirius payed the construction of Howard's studio. and so on... --- Howard signed a second deal with Sirius. What happened then was that the Sirius board with Mel bonused themselves. Over 200 millions in january 2011. Howard in his sick mind felt that he was entitled to a cut of that since he was a "partner". This lead to Howard/Buchwalds idea to extort Sirius. They filed a bogus 300 million lawsuit. Back in 2011 Sirius still was on very shaky grounds. Had it gone to court, Sirius would have been forced to settle because if they lost, the company would have gone under. Howard knew that he was not entitled to this subscribers bonis. The contact is 100% clear: Howard get subscriber bonus for Sirius subscribers. Not SiriusXM. Had Sirius acquired XM, then Howard would have been entitled to the subscriber bonus. Its fun listening back to Howards all rants about this. Sometimes he wants to make it like Sirius acquired XM. It was no merger. The problem with that, is that he would not be entitled to the 28 million dollar merger bonus. 1 billion, and its not enough for Howard. And he can't bother to replace Artie.
