I think it's been underreported to what extent podcasting (known as audioblogging for the first uneventful 5 years of its life) is an artifact of an advertising bubble. The nature of ads is to chase new formats, so you can tell better stories to ad buyers. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/style/why-are-there-so-many-podcasts.html …
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Just from a bare economic argument, it's incontestable that podcasts are overhyped, and that soon the majority of Americans will be getting their news from a live stream of someone in a Sailor Moon costume playing video games for eight hours.
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How about listener supported podcasts? Patreon isn't a really trusted actor in the long run, but many podcasts and artists use them now. (And there isn't a good alternative.)
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(looks over at Youtube, shudders) you sure this one didn’t pan out the way they said it was? nobody said the outcome would be GOOD
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