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Howard Stern Extends SiriusXM Contract Five More Years Howard Stern Extends SiriusXM Contract Five More Years
Howard Stern Extends SiriusXM Contract Five More Years Coming to SiriusXM from traditional radio 15 years ago made Howard Stern feel like “Tina Turner freeing myself from Ike,” the self-proclaimed “king of all media” said Tuesday in announcing a five-year contract extension. The deal, which also covers another seven years of audio and video archives of “The Howard Stern Show,” will reportedly earn the 66-year-old Long Islander $120 million a year. It’s Stern’s fourth-straight five-year contract with SiriusXM Satellite Radio, coming just a few weeks before the last one was to expire. He spoke of it on his show Tuesday morning: “Fifteen years …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Palisades Park Police Sergeant's New Book Examines Changing Role Of Law Enforcers In Film Palisades Park Police Sergeant's New Book Examines Changing Role Of Law Enforcers In Film
Palisades Park Police Sergeant's New Book Examines Changing Role Of Law Enforcers In Film A history of how law enforcement was portrayed on the big screen in the first half of the 20th century had never been written -- until now. A Palisades Park police veteran who's also a prolific author has just released his fifth book, "Law Enforcement in American Cinema, 1894-1952," which examines the history of police and policing on the big screen during that period. "Film is a site where public sentiments toward the police are both created and reflected," Sgt. George Beck wrote. Cineastes have often focused on the way gangsters and other criminals are romanticized in movies -- or film, …

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by Jerry DeMarco