Just got an email from SIRIUS promoting the new Howard 100 and Howard 101 schedule lineup that most of us already are quite familiar with. Still, it's a very nice promotional piece to remind everyone - especially the casual listeners - of the schedule in an email that they can print out or refer to.

Check out the full email after the jump... 

Talkers magazine has selected SIRIUS' Howard Stern to receive its 2006 Freedom of Speech Award. Stern will receive the award on June 10th during the annual New Media Seminar in New York.

[UPI] 

Imagine walking into your hotel room after a long flight, throwing down your luggage, turning on the TV and after a few deft thumb moves across the remote - you're watching the Sybian in action. That scenario could be happening starting this month when Howard TV begins arriving in Hotels across the country.

iN DEMAND (the VOD service that runs Howard TV) and On Command Video Corporation (a company that provides in-room interactive entertainment for the hotel industry) have inked a multi-year agreement to offer Howard TV to On Command users. Hotel visitors will be able to select from several of the most popular recent shows filmed during Howard Stern's popular morning satellite radio program. On Command will constantly refresh the content as it becomes available.

[Press Release] 

After appearing naked on The Howard Stern Show, Alison Cushman, a 31 year old child abuse investigator, is facing possible disciplinary action.

The photos where Stern and crew assessed her body are still up online (not really work-safe) and are what may cause "appropriate action" to be taken according to a spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County office of the Department of Children and Families. "State employees are held to a higher standard, and as such, unbecoming behavior will not be tolerated," she added.

You know, I have to say that Sarah McBride from the Wall Street Journal really does a great job with her interview with Mel Karmazin and is one of my favorite journalists covering satellite radio. The article is truly insightful, and the questions she throws as him are not nearly the softballs that you've come to expect from most media outlets.

One key statement by Karmazin is this one pointing towards another marketing push in the coming months:

"We have a very aggressive campaign to mobilize all of the people who are Howard fans to get a Sirius satellite radio as a graduation, as a Father's Day, a holiday gift."

Interesting. Can't wait to see what it is.

Another interesting snippet is about the upcoming "Buy Button" and the new "S100" (or whatever it's called) that is coming this summer. On the topic of a digital music download service, Mel says:

"...buying music is something that we're open to. If you, the consumer, hear a song on Sirius and you want to buy that song on our device, we're going to enable you do it. But you can go to Yahoo and do it, or you can go to some other third party to do it."

Considering the previous relationship between SIRIUS and Yahoo, and pretty much confirmed by Mel's "slip" in this interview - I'd be willing to bet that the 3rd party digital music provider will be the Yahoo! Music Unlimited.

[Wall Street Journal]