Howard Stern is pissed and he's not going down quietly. In an interview with the NY Daily News, Stern said CBS Radio attorneys sent him a letter asking him not to speak publically about their legal battle.
"I don't think they expected me to talk about it," Stern told The News. "Obviously not - why are they sending me a letter to say shut the f--- up?"
A CBS spokesman confirmed the network sent the letter after a lawsuit was filed last month. Stern also alleged that CBS threatened to pull advertising from the trade paper Daily Variety unless its editors killed a favorable piece about him.
"As for Variety," the CBS spokesman said, "we have never threatened to pull any advertising from that publication, ever." Daily Variety editor Tim Gray called the claim that pressure had been placed on the paper "ridiculous."
Separately, but just as entertaining, according to the NY Post - Stern isn't too happy about CBS Radio releasing his salary history in the 43-page lawsuit. According to the article:
Stern was first signed by CBS Radio in 1985 for a now-modest $705,000. According to the CBS filing, by 1996, when his show was in all the top markets, he was making $39.1 million over five years with another $8.85 million in annual bonuses and stock options. When Stern's contract was extended in 2001, "the base compenation increased to over $58.8 million over the five-year term."
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