> Would I be wrong to assume that Stern gets as much publicity
> out of being sued by CBS as CBS does?
Stern and Sirius absolutely benefit from the press given to this situation. I'm not so sure that it's a battle that CBS will want to air publicly, though. While they claim Stern used their airwaves to promote his upcoming Sirius gig, Infinity, Viacom & CBS laughed all the way to the bank! If they were so
"damaged" by Stern's year + of Satellite "hype," they had the power to pull the pug on him at any time. Outside of a one day suspension last fall, they failed to do that. They'll hardly be viewed as "sympathetic" by a jury if this goes to trial.
> Lets fact it anything that gets peoples minds off WCBS-FM and WNEW has to be > good for CBS right?
It's a pretty safe bet that the general listening public probably doesn't know or care that they are responsible for all of the stations mentioned.
> I saw Stern on Lettermen (via TiVo I'm behind in my TV watching).
> I would think if CBS was really after Stern they wouldn't
> exactly want Lettermen to invite him on The Late Show. Dave
> and Howard seemed to be having too much fun with it all.
Kinda looked like a replay of Stern's appearance on Letterman's NBC Show in 1985, when both were employed there. That visit was recreated in Stern's bio-pic "Private Parts."