Howard Stern lays off roughly a dozen staffers ahead of reduced one-show-per-week schedule.
Howard Stern laid off approximately a dozen employees from his SiriusXM production team via a Zoom call on Monday, July 13, 2026. The cuts precede a planned schedule reduction to one original show per week after Labor Day, with archive material filling remaining airtime. The layoffs come seven months after Stern signed a new three-year contract in December 2025.
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Divergence score
This event sits in the top 23% of divergence this week. 3 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 1 bias group.
3 camps
1 bias group
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The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
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Breitbart
NY Post
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Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Washington Times
Howard Stern lays off dozen staffers ahead of one-show-a-week shift
straightforward layoff report · neutral
Breitbart
Howard Stern Lays Off Nearly a Dozen Staffers, Preparing for Just One New Show a Week
layoffs paired with lawsuit details · negative
First to report
- Breitbartfirst
- Washington Times+2.6 h
- NY Post+3.9 h
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The split, in one line
The NY Post leads with how much Stern makes per minute despite the cuts. The Washington Times and Breitbart focus on the layoffs and schedule reduction, with Breitbart emphasizing details of a hostile work environment lawsuit from a former assistant.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
“Howard Stern lays off dozen staffers ahead of one-show-a-week shift”
“Howard Stern Lays Off Nearly a Dozen Staffers, Preparing for Just One New Show a Week”
“The staggering amount Howard Stern makes per minute despite cutting radio shows, laying off employees”
6 tracked claims across 3 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
Howard Stern will earn an astronomical sum per minute of airtime under the reduced schedule.
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