![]() Here are a few commenters on articles / posts about the subject: I firmly believe podcasting should be open, like the web. That’s not how podcasting is supposed to work. Stitcher is popular, but my show is not on Stitcher because Stitcher re-hosts the audio, compresses it to hell, and unless you opt out, inserts their own ads. Midroll owning Stitcher is not good for the podcast ecosystem. Here’s what John Gruber from Daring Fireball has to say about the situation. ![]() It’s not just me being paranoid or greedy. If we are all in stitcher with their ads replacing ours, and them sending a few % back to us, podcasting will look very different (and not in a good way). Successful podcasts like Talk Python To Me currently work directly with sponsors, negotiate a fair rate based on product / audience fit and reach. Stitcher is bad for podcasting: If they are wildly successful, they will undermine independent podcasting in general.Sell it in other ways, keep the money: Similarly, they sell banner ads around your content in their player.They sell your work, they keep the money: Stitcher takes your creative work and slices it apart, and sell their audio ads in your track without paying you at all (or if you partner with them extremely low revenue). Nevermind I spend almost 15 hours a week creating and producing the show.I spend a lot of money and effort producing and distributing HQ audio and don’t appreciate this. ![]()
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