‘Podcasts have remained free far longer than they should have (per unit of output, they are a relatively expensive form of journalism) because of the lack of sophistication hard-coded into their DNA.
But the end of the RSS era, the end of Podcasting 1.0, has made it harder to justify the assumption that a podcast should be free at the point of access. And if podcasts aren’t free, what is?’
https://nickfthilton.medium.com/the-new-york-times-demonstrate-the-bifurcation-of-the-podcast-industry-6f34a0722118
John Spurlock /
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2024-07-01 23:40:42
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