Patrick Reilly Quotations

When we announced Howard's plan to come to SIRIUS back in fall 2004, we had about 700,000 subscribers. At the end of 2005, a week before he began his first show with SIRIUS, our number of paid subscribers had reached 3.3 million.

He truly would have won the race if I hadn't been there, so I was like, 'He deserves to win it.'

I just think it will be cool to put what we've done out there (in front of an audience), rather than just making it for ourselves.

It's an issue we're addressing and we are educating these people as to our rights. Given the quality of Howard's show, listening to it on a pirate radio is no way to listen to it.

The best way to listen to Howard Stern is not on pirated radio and not off illegal Web sites, but to subscribe to Sirius.

One of our most popular channels is 'Sirius Hits,' which plays the most popular songs in high rotation. But we have other channels, like bluegrass, where listenership isn't as high, but there's an extremely high level of satisfaction. That's the kind of service we can provide.

Martha's channel will be adding programming through the fall, as we said publicly, and currently carries highly informative brief tips on a variety of topics. Howard will start in January, as we said publicly, and a preview channel will keep fans updated on the progress of building his studio and building his channels.

As an advocate of intellectual property rights we take these pirates seriously.

We are a pay service and thus not regulated by the FCC on issues of content.

It's not just the column, there are also two other news articles that we are aware of.