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By: Andy Otto

Andy Otto — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:00:35 +0000

What a great comment. Thanks. Commercial broadcasters have already taken advantage of podcasting. It’s almost expected now. They’ve used it to expand their listener base. Yes, amateurs and indie podcasts will always be, they are the core of it. But, you’ll see the amateurs become professional. Look at Dawn and Drew and some other podcasters who’ve been given professional contracts, or at least broadcast airtime. I agree podcasting is here to stay, even though it’s still fairly young. My bottomline is this: If you go to the iTunes podcast directory you’ll find a lot of garbage. I don’t think that will be there forever. Better podcasts will rise to the top (as they are) and podcasting becomes a more polished medium. I don’t think it will always stay 100% amateur.

By: birderboy

birderboy — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 05:33:07 +0000

I agree that the “bad” podcasts will be weeded out. I am an avid podcast listener. I subscribe to 25-30 podcasts, give or take a few, and have made my own decisions as to what podcasts have been “weeded out” of my iPod. What I don’t agree with is the idea that, “Commercial broadcasters and other companies will use it to it’s advantage.” I think that you are failing to recognize that the podcasting medium is regulated by the listeners. If podcasters, professional or “indie”, decide to load their shows with advertising and make the listeners feel like they are being taken advantage of, people will just stop listening. Unlike FM or AM radio, there a thousands of podcasts out there to choose from. On traditional radio you are limited to the stations that are in your area. With podcasts, you can listen to shows from around the world because there are no geographical limitations to the podcasting “signal”. Podcasting is here to stay. Those of us that fail to recognize this are just burying our heads in the sand and ignoring the fact that this is our chance to make a difference in the world. We now have a choice. We can decide to listen to awesome shows that are produced by people that still have passion for the things that they are podcasting about, or we can choose to turn on the radio and listen to the same boring commercial filled loop every hour of the day. I know what my choice is, what’s yours?