TELEVISION CBS names Stern in suit

The shock jock said he's sick of the bullying.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
NEW YORK -- CBS sued Howard Stern, his agent and Sirius Satellite Radio on Tuesday, claiming multiple breaches of his contract while Stern was working for the CBS radio division.
In the 43-page document, CBS claims Stern ran afoul of his contract by talking about the new gig at Sirius while still at CBS, and that he and his agent Don Buchwald benefited financially from doing so.
The company's suit asserts that Stern was contractually obligated to let CBS know about his talks with Sirius ahead of time. CBS also said Stern failed to return company property.
Stern called CBS' legal efforts "bullying" and wanted it to stop.
"I'm pretty sick of it," Stern said at a press conference Tuesday. "I don't like it."
Stern, who left CBS Radio in December after a 20-year run with the company, said the suit was a "personal vendetta" by CBS Chairman Les Moonves.
Flanked by two lawyers and his agent, Stern said he was sick of the "intimidation."
"This is what they do to talent," Stern said.
The CBS suit claims Stern misused the airwaves while working at the company's radio division to promote Sirius, and by doing so lined his pockets at the company's expense. CBS' action also maintains that Sirius essentially got free ad time because Stern was talking about the company on air.
Stern said his deal with Sirius was public when it was announced, as were the financial terms. In addition, he said, he got permission from CBS Radio boss Joel Hollander to talk about the new job, but without identifying Sirius by name.
"Les Moonves claims it was a secret," Stern said. "He put me on 'David Letterman,' he put me on '60 Minutes.' Just like everyone else, Les Moonves doesn't listen to his own radio stations or TV stations."