Success Has a Price (For the Listener)
[mp3, podcast, Gervais]
What MarketWatch.com calls "one of Apple's most popular podcasts,"
the "Ricky Gervais Show" is now in agreement with Audible to become a
subscription-based download starting next month.
Non-subscribers will pay $1.95 an episode, either on Audible's U.S.
and U.K. Web sites or at the iTunes Music Store.
Time will tell if the podcasts were popular because they were free,
Mr. Gervais is a comic genius, or a bit of both. I admit to
subscribing to them but have fallen behind in listening to them of
late. Doubtful I will be converting to a pay-subscription any time
soon. One does not remain a cheap-ass-bastard easily, you see.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/21/
AR2006022100523.html
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B27E2463B%
2DE197%2D40FE%2D9D2F%2DDD563E9F88F1%7D&siteid=google
posted by -idogcow at 9:49 AM
1 Comments:
Yep, I saw the subscription price & decided not worth it. I REALLY decided not worth it when I went through the hassle of registering at audible.com just to download the free preview that was only 5 minutes anyway! I'm almost caught up on the free series, and laughed a bunch which was a great help on the long drives back to Sac, but I really think that Stephen Merchant is the funnier one...and I think that Ricky's head is getting a bit large for his shoulders perhaps...time will tell if he'll really make money off podcasting...
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