Howard Stern announced earlier this week that he'd be staying with Sirius-XM Radio. (Bryan Bedder / Getty Images)

Back in October, I wondered about the future of Howard Stern. Yesterday on his Sirius XM Satellite Radio show, Stern shared the news that his fans have been waiting for: he’s decided to renew his deal with Sirius for another five years. The terms of the contract weren’t discussed, but needless to say Howard spoke about the deal in his typical style.

For the sake of “good radio”, he dragged out the announcement for about 30 minutes before finally revealing the good news to his fans and co-workers. Much of the last couple of months has been spent speculating what he would do and how it would affect the rest of his staff; some of that staff has been with Stern for 30 years. He would make it known that he worried about certain staff members because they were basically useless and couldn’t find another job. This made for some great comedy in the past few months. However, Stern’s loyalty can’t be questioned, and in fact part of his thinking process did take into account his employees. In the end, he maintained that he couldn’t imagine “not doing this” anymore.
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After all his threats to leave, and others’ speculation on where he might go, Howard Stern is staying put at Sirius XM.

The loose-lipped shock jock announced on his show Thursday that he has signed a new five-year contract with the satellite radio company.

The deal, which runs through the end of 2015, provides that Sirius XM can now transmit Stern’s show to mobile devices. No other terms will be disclosed, the company said.

Stern had been locked for months in stormy negotiations as his original five-year contract with Sirius radio, worth a breathtaking $500 million, neared its expiration just days from now. Sirius and then-rival XM radio merged in 2008.
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Technically, this telephone press conference with Simon Cowell is a preview of the ninth season of “American Idol,” whose first live performances Tuesday start the season in earnest. But instead of focusing on beginnings, the acerbic Brit finds himself fielding questions about endings – specifically the end of Cowell’s tenure as the show’s go-to, no-nonsense judge of record.

“I want to go out on a high,” Cowell says. “This is my last season, and I want to be successful. We will do everything we can to make it happen.”

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Now that the Jay Leno-Conan O’Brien-NBC is finally jumping over the line from speculated story to what amounts to a small bit of history, the obvious question on some folks’ minds is “Who could’ve predicted this?”

Colby Hall of Mediaite has the answer for you. Who could’ve predicted this? Howard Stern. More than three years ago.