{"id":12470,"date":"2026-07-21T10:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12470"},"modified":"2026-07-21T10:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:30:29","slug":"eight-howard-stern-show-staffers-marked-safe-from-firings-after-a-dozen-sacked-in-layoff-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12470","title":{"rendered":"Eight Howard Stern Show staffers marked SAFE from firings after a dozen sacked in layoff horror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p> A SLEW of Howard Stern Show stars have confirmed they\u2019re still employed just days after a dozen staffers were sacked in a series of layoffs last week.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/world-cup-2026\/\">World Cup<\/a> final on Sunday, several employees are seen inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/howard-stern\/\">Stern<\/a> wing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/sirius-xm-radio\/\">SiriusXM<\/a> studios playing a very uncoordinated soccer game.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16720996\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Several staffers were given the ax during massive layoffs at the Howard Stern Show last week<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Alamy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16720995\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>JD Harmeyer was among those staffers who appeared to be marked as \u2018safe\u2019 in a new post on the Stern Show\u2019s Instagram<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Instagram\/sternshow<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Instagram post tagged several staffers, many of whom have played an on-air role on the show.<\/p>\n<p>JD Harmeyer, Jon Hein, Steve Nowicki, Jason Kaplan, Will Murray, Sal Governale, Richard Christy and Mike Pearlman were tagged in the video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--thesun aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Entertainment\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the <span class=\"newsletter-name theme-entertainment\">Entertainment<\/span> newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On July 13, at least a dozen Stern Show staffers, including on-air personalities, were shown the door, after it was announced in a Zoom call that Stern would only be doing just one live show a week after his long summer break.<\/p>\n<p>The layoffs included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/16705779\/howard-stern-show-stars-fired-benjy-bronk-memet-walker\/\">several on-air fan favorites<\/a> such as Benjy Bronk, Jon Blitt, Memet Walker and Mike Trainor. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-readmore\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content-wrapper article-readmore__content-wrapper--multi\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/16705779\/howard-stern-show-stars-fired-benjy-bronk-memet-walker\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/07\/ch-howard-stern-staffer-fired-comp.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=360&amp;h=240&amp;crop=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">OFF THE AIR<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Four Howard Stern Show stars FIRED after years of loyalty in staff bloodbath<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tv\/16693472\/howard-stern-show-down-one-show-week-staff-cuts\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__content-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/07\/newspress-collage-g9utuvdfs-1784105760929.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;1784091443&amp;w=360&amp;h=240&amp;crop=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text\">\n<div class=\"article-readmore__text-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">HOW&#8217;S THAT?<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Howard Stern Show down to ONE show a week after summer break and staff cuts<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Insiders are calling the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/16719488\/howard-stern-staff-layoffs-nda-severance-ruthless\/\">severance packages handed to these longtime staffers downright insulting,<\/a> especially since some had been with Stern for his entire two-decade run at SiriusXM.<\/p>\n<p>One source revealed that workers received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/16719488\/howard-stern-staff-layoffs-nda-severance-ruthless\/\">barely more than a single week of pay<\/a> for each year they put in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would think Stern would have taken care of these guys after decades of loyalty,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Every ten years on the job only earned them two months of pay, plus a strict NDA threatening to strip away even that tiny payout.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rail-container rail-container--full-width rail-container--white\">\n<div class=\"rail rail--classic article theme-entertainment\">\n<p><h3 class=\"rail__title\">Most read in Entertainment<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16721001\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>During a Zoom, staff were told Stern would only be doing one live show a week and that people were being let go<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: YouTube\/The Howard Stern Show<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16720994\" class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Mike Pearlman appeared in the video which seemed to indicate he was among staffers who survived the brutal layoffs last week<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Credit: Instagram\/sternshow<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the media world, standard severance usually runs closer to two weeks of pay per year worked. <\/p>\n<p>The shocker comes right after the radio host locked in his latest SiriusXM extension in late 2025, after even admitting on air that he was not entirely sure he would sign on again.<\/p>\n<p>During the announcement, he assured listeners the new agreement would give him more free time while keeping him on the airwaves.<\/p>\n<p>Under the 2026 schedule, he was supposed to broadcast live Monday through Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n<p>Back in August 2025, sources 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