March 04, 2007
The Root Of All Evil
I hate to keep writing posts about podcasting, but it has been on my mind lately. Those of you who listen to Matt's Today in History know that I announced my move to Podshow last week. I fully expected to receive e-mails from people who are unhappy with this, mainly due to the fact that the show will soon carry advertisements. To date, I have only received one of these e-mails.
However, I have received several e-mails from people who are unsubscribing not because of the inclusion of ads, but because I will (hopefully) be receiving a paycheck for my work. To these people, I have somehow sold out. It reminds me of fans who get angry when their favorite local band signs a record deal and then becomes nationally famous. I'm NOT drawing a comparison; I just never thought I would get to experience that, even on a small scale.
What is so wrong with trying to make money? If you don't like the advertiser or Podshow, I can understand the dislike. But why be upset over the money? What's more, everyone with this opinion who has written to me is a podcaster, which makes absolutely no sense. Everyone's time is valuable----if someone is going to offer to pay me for it, I'm going to accept.
Am I just another capitalist pig? Or do I just not understand "pure" art?
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at March 5, 2007 10:07 AM
You'll start making money off a podcast??? You are now officially an outcast with the likes of an electric Bob Dylan...
Posted by: Matt at March 5, 2007 12:02 PM
From a non-podcaster, I'm happy to see your success. Seems like the Newt book deal detractor types are a little jealous.
Posted by: SHEEB at March 5, 2007 12:08 PM
Matt, your podcast is fantastic, you and 'History according to Bob' have both given me a new found interest in history. And I'm glad that your file tags are now better than they were, nice to have the ability to rename the files properly. And if you can make some money as well, why not? Going it alone and finding sponsors would be a full time job and then some. Hopefully Podshow will put some mellower ads around your show to keep with your quite approach.
Posted by: Bob at March 6, 2007 06:15 PM