Editing Howard Stern (section)

===2010–present: Sirius contract renewals, ''America's Got Talent'', and third book===
[[File:President Biden speaks about family on Howard Stern.webm|thumb|Stern and President Biden speaking about family on the Howard Stern Show]]
In December 2010, Stern renewed his contract with SiriusXM to continue his radio show for a further five years.<ref>{{cite news |title= Howard Stern to stay with Sirius Satellite Radio; signs new five-year contract |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/howard-stern-stay-sirius-satellite-radio-signs-new-five-year-contract-article-1.471981 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date= December 9, 2010 |access-date= December 9, 2010 |first= Richard |last= Huff }}</ref> His new deal allows him to work a reduced schedule from four to three live radio shows each week.<ref>{{cite news |title= Howard Stern begins reduced Sirius XM schedule |url= http://www.digitalspy.com/media/news/a317596/howard-stern-begins-reduced-sirius-xm-schedule/ |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date= May 3, 2011 |access-date= July 30, 2011 |first= Justin |last= Harp }}</ref> On March 22, 2011, Stern and Buchwald filed a lawsuit against SiriusXM for $300&nbsp;million, claiming further annual bonuses were not paid despite Stern meeting subscriber growth targets.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/22/AR2011032202682.html |title= Stern sues Sirius over bonus pay for subscribers |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date= March 22, 2011 |access-date= August 22, 2016 }}</ref> On April 17, 2012, Judge Barbara Kapnick disagreed with their suit and dismissed it "with prejudice", thus preventing Stern and Buchwald from filing other suits over similar allegations against the company.<ref name=smokinggun>{{cite web |url= http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/howard-stern-lawsuit-dismissed-9785612 |title= Howard Stern's $300 Million Lawsuit Bounced |work=[[The Smoking Gun]] |date= April 17, 2012 |access-date= April 20, 2012 }}</ref> The pair filed an appeal to the decision, but it was rejected by an appeal court.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/howard-stern-loses-bid-revive-437810/ |title= Howard Stern Loses Bid to Revive $300 Million Sirius XM Lawsuit |date= April 11, 2013 |first= Eriq |last= Gardner |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date= February 4, 2022 }}</ref>

By mid-2011, Stern had reduced his time playing chess and took up photography. Among his first shoots was taking layouts for ''[[Hamptons (magazine)|Hamptons]]'' magazine in July.<ref>{{cite web |title= Howard Stern Swaps Photography For Chess |date= July 13, 2011 |url= http://www.showbizspy.com/article/235399/howard-stern-swaps-chess-for-photography.html |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110714231738/http://www.showbizspy.com/article/235399/howard-stern-swaps-chess-for-photography.html |archive-date= July 14, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Lee |first= Katie |title= The Stunning Beth Ostrosky Stern |url= http://hamptons-magazine.com/features/articles/a-friend-indeed-1 |work= Hamptons |access-date= December 15, 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111217140814/http://hamptons-magazine.com/features/articles/a-friend-indeed-1 |archive-date= December 17, 2011 }}</ref> He continued to shoot throughout the year, including ''[[WHIRL Magazine|WHIRL]]'' magazine and the [[North Shore Animal League]],<ref>{{cite web |date= October 4, 2011 |last= Tumpson |first= Christine McMahon |title= Perfect Ten: The Exclusive WHIRL Magazine Beth Stern Photo Shoot |url= http://whirlmagazine.com/perfect-ten/ |work= [[WHIRL Magazine|WHIRL]] |access-date= December 15, 2011 |archive-date= April 3, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150403124525/http://whirlmagazine.com/perfect-ten/ |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= 2012 Animal League Calendar Featuring Beth Stern |url= http://www.animalleague.org/events-news/celebrity-supporters/beth/2012-calendar.html |work=[[North Shore Animal League]] |access-date= December 15, 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20111017181057/http://www.animalleague.org/events-news/celebrity-supporters/beth/2012-calendar.html |archive-date= October 17, 2011 }}</ref> and established his photography company Conlon Road Photography, a reference to the name of the road he lived on while growing up in Roosevelt.

Later in 2011, Stern announced his return to network television as a replacement for [[Piers Morgan]] as a judge on ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' for its [[America's Got Talent (season 7)|seventh]] season.<ref>{{cite web |title= Howard Stern To Judge On 'America's Got Talent' |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/1676030/howard-stern-americas-got-talent/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150612191605/http://www.mtv.com/news/1676030/howard-stern-americas-got-talent/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 12, 2015 |work=[[MTV]] |date= December 15, 2011 |access-date= December 15, 2011 |first= Gil |last= Kaufman }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Villarreal |first= Yvonne |url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2012-dec-03-la-et-st-howard-stern-returning-americas-got-talent-20121203-story.html |title= Howard Stern returning to 'America's Got Talent' |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date= December 3, 2012 |access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Kuperinsky |first= Amy |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2012/07/americas_got_talent_top_48_beg.html |title= 'America's Got Talent': Top 48 begin performances at NJPAC |work=[[NJ.com]] |date= July 3, 2012|access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> He had the show relocate to [[Radio City Music Hall]] in New York City to cater to his radio show schedule. Stern subsequently reappeared on the ''Forbes'' Celebrity 100 list at No. 26.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.forbes.com/lists/2012/celebrities/celebrity-100_2011.html |title= The World's Most Powerful Celebrities 2011 |work= [[Forbes]] |access-date= August 22, 2016 |archive-date= September 5, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160905004028/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2012/celebrities/celebrity-100_2011.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> He continued as a judge on the show for the [[America's Got Talent (season 8)|eighth]],<ref>{{cite news |last= Yahr |first= Emily |title= 'America's Got Talent' moving once again, this time to Radio City Music Hall |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tv-column/post/2013/04/03/4fc71508-9c73-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_blog.html |access-date= June 11, 2013 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date= April 3, 2013}}</ref> [[America's Got Talent (season 9)|ninth]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/americas_got_talent_season_9_howard_stern_heidi_klum_blunt_honest-2014-05 |title= 'America's Got Talent' Season 9: Howard Stern and Heidi Klum are bluntly honest with contestants |work= [[Zap2it]] |first= Jacqueline |last= Cutler |access-date= June 16, 2015 |date= May 27, 2014 |archive-date= June 17, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150617002816/http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/americas_got_talent_season_9_howard_stern_heidi_klum_blunt_honest-2014-05 |url-status= dead }}</ref> and [[America's Got Talent (season 10)|tenth]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2014/12/howard-stern-returns-americas-got-talent-season-10-1201315366/ |title= Howard Stern To Return To 'America's Got Talent' |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date= June 16, 2015 |access-date= December 8, 2014 }}</ref> seasons. Stern left at the end of the show's tenth season in September 2015 to devote more time to his radio show.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/howard-stern-leaving-america-talent-article-1.2269799 |title= Howard Stern: I'm leaving 'America's Got Talent' for another TV show |date= June 24, 2015 |first= Ethan |last= Sacks |work=[[New York Daily News]] |access-date= June 25, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Forrest|first=Suse|date=August 25, 2019|title='America's Got Talent': Why Howard Stern Can't Stand Simon Cowell|url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/americas-got-talent-why-howard-stern-cant-stand-simon-cowell.html/|access-date=January 17, 2022|website=Showbiz Cheat Sheet}}</ref>

Stern was inducted into the [[National Radio Hall of Fame]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.radiohof.org/howard_stern.htm |title= Howard Stern |date= 2017 |website=[[National Radio Hall of Fame]] |access-date= January 9, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170110161654/http://www.radiohof.org/howard_stern.htm |archive-date= January 10, 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref> He has been openly critical of the organization.<ref>{{cite news |title= Howard Stern comments on Radio Hall of Fame |url= https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/radio-hall-of-fame-finally-bows-to-howard-stern |first= Robert |last= Feder |date= June 28, 2012 |access-date= June 15, 2015 |work= [[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 19, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053312/https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/radio-hall-of-fame-finally-bows-to-howard-stern }}</ref>

In August 2013, Stern and [[Simon Cowell]] shared first place on ''Forbes''{{'}} list of America's highest-paid television personalities with $95&nbsp;million earned between June 2012–13.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/simon-cowell-and-howard-stern-top-forbes-list-of-highestpaid-tv-personalities-8754253.html |date= August 9, 2013 |access-date= August 9, 2013 |title= Simon Cowell and Howard Stern top Forbes' list of highest-paid TV personalities |first= Hayley |last= Parr |work=[[The Independent]] }}</ref> Stern and Cowell tied first place in the following year's poll with the same amount earned from June 2013–14.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2014/11/03/simon-cowell-and-howard-stern-are-entertainments-top-earning-personalities/ |date= November 3, 2014 |access-date= November 5, 2014 |title= Simon Cowell And Howard Stern Are Entertainment's Top-Earning Personalities |first= Dorothy |last= Pomerantz |work=[[Forbes]] }}</ref> In 2015, ''Forbes'' placed Stern as the world's highest paid media personality and the fifth highest earning celebrity worldwide, at $95&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |title= The World's Highest-Paid Celebrities 2015 Ranking |url= https://www.forbes.com/celebrities/list/ |work=[[Forbes]] |date= November 14, 2015 |access-date= November 22, 2015 }}</ref>

In February 2015, [[Whalerock Industries]] announced its partnership with Stern to set up a future direct-to-consumer digital "media hub" service, with a potential mix of free and subscription-based programming.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/business/media/coming-soon-web-networks-for-a-bevy-of-celebrities.html |title= Coming Soon: Celebrity Web Networks From the Media Company Whalerock |first= Brooks |last= Barnes |date= February 18, 2015 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date= February 24, 2015 }}</ref> On December 15, Stern announced his new deal with SiriusXM to continue his radio show for an additional five years. The agreement also gives Sirius the rights to his radio and video archives for an upcoming on-demand streaming application until 2027.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2015/biz/news/howard-stern-5-year-deal-sirius-xm-satellite-radio-1201661527/ |title= Howard Stern Sets New Five-Year Deal with SiriusXM Satellite Radio That Includes Video Plans |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date= December 15, 2015 |first= Cynthia |last= Littleton |access-date= December 15, 2015 }}</ref>

In October 2015, the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] delegation to the US condemned Stern for remarks about [[Palestinian]] minorities in the [[Middle East]] denouncing them as a people that "do not exist" or "did not live there [Palestine]", and earlier comments calling [[Arabs]] "dogs".<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-delegation-to-us-decries-howard-sterns-racism/ "Palestinian delegation to US decries Howard Stern's 'racism'"] ''The Times of Israel''. Accessed April 2, 2023.</ref>

In April 2018, Stern inducted [[Bon Jovi]] into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/howard-stern-bon-jovi-rock-hall-speech-edits-rant-8454743/|title= Howard Stern Fumes About Edits to Bon Jovi Rock Hall Speech: 'They Completely Gutted Me' |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= May 7, 2018 |first= Gil |last= Kaufman |access-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref>

In March 2019, Stern announced his third book for [[Simon and Schuster]] entitled ''[[Howard Stern Comes Again]]''. It was released on May 14, 2019.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Howard-Stern-Comes-Again/Howard-Stern/9781501194290 |title= Howard Stern Comes Again |year= 2019 |isbn= 978-1501194290 |access-date= March 12, 2019 |last1= Stern |first1= Howard |publisher= Simon and Schuster }}</ref>

In May 2020, Stern admonished [[Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign|Trump supporters]] that listen to his SiriusXM show, saying President [[Donald Trump|Trump]] despised his own supporters.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Folley |first1=Aris |title=Trump Jr. hits Howard Stern for going 'establishment,' 'acting like Hillary' |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/497802-trump-jr-hits-howard-stern-for-going-establishment-acting-like |website=The Hill  |date=May 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Howard Stern says the people Trump 'despises most, love him the most' |url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/914179/howard-stern-says-people-trump-despises-most-love-most |website=theweek.com  |date=May 13, 2020}}</ref> In response to Stern's criticisms of Trump, [[Donald Trump Jr.]] tweeted video from the ''Miss Howard Stern New Year's Eve Pageant'' in which Stern parodied [[Ted Danson]]'s [[Ted Danson#Whoopi_Goldberg|Friars Club appearance]] by wearing [[blackface]] and repeatedly using the [[Nigger|N-word]] and other racial slurs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Henderson |first1=Cydney |title=Howard Stern addresses blackface skit that uses N-word after Donald Trump Jr. calls him out |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/15/howard-stern-addresses-blackface-skit-response-donald-trump-jr/3194642001/ |website=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Variety |first1=J. Kim Murphy |title=Howard Stern responds to backlash over resurfaced video of him in blackface |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/ct-ent-howard-stern-blackface-response-20200616-nhz3m4aan5b4rldpix64s2ju5u-story.html |website=The Baltimore Sun |date=June 16, 2020 |access-date=July 22, 2020 |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722205323/https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/ct-ent-howard-stern-blackface-response-20200616-nhz3m4aan5b4rldpix64s2ju5u-story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stern admitted, "The shit I did was fucking crazy" and that he has since toned down his show, crediting years in [[psychotherapy]] for his evolution.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Melas|first=Chloe|title=Howard Stern responds to controversy over resurfaced blackface performance|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/entertainment/howard-stern-responds-blackface/index.html |access-date=June 20, 2020|work=[[CNN]]|date=June 15, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Howard Stern Answers Donald Trump Jr After President's Son Re-Tweets SiriusXM Host's 1993 Blackface Sketch|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/howard-stern-responds-blackface-sketch-donald-trump-junior-1993-ppv-special-president-donald-trump-feud-ted-danson-1202958476/|access-date=June 20, 2020|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=June 15, 2020}}</ref>

In December 2020, Stern renewed his contract with SiriusXM, agreeing to produce his show for five more years.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.marketwatch.com/story/siriusxm-extends-contract-with-howard-stern-for-another-five-years-2020-12-08/ |title= SiriusXM extends contract with Howard Stern for another five years Published}}</ref>

In June 2022, Stern stated his interest in running for [[President of the United States]] in [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]], if [[Donald Trump]] becomes the Republican nominee once again.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/celebrity/howard-stern-considering-running-president-donald-trump-gop-nominee/https://ew.com/celebrity/howard-stern-considering-running-president-donald-trump-gop-nominee/|title=Howard Stern will consider a presidential run if Donald Trump is GOP nominee: 'I'll beat his ass'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=June 28, 2022|first=Jessica|last=Wang}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In April 2024, he completed a one-on-one interview with President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=In Howard Stern interview, Biden says he's 'happy' to debate Trump |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/howard-stern-interview-biden-happy-debate-trump/story?id=109695601 |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>