I think back to the day in 2005 when Adam Curry and Dave Winer met in Miami with Ron Bloom and others. Their meeting blew up. They never went into business. It was messy. Curry and Ron Bloom went on to start Podshow. The company had a shadow over it from the start. I expect "mevio" will post a profit by year's end but Bloom's comments don't exactly demonstrate a lot of confidence about exponential growth.
RON BLOOM IS THE DEVIL
· 1 year ago
Ron Bloom is a scumbag. He stiffs people on their pay checks then hides like a little bitch. 1 Million hours of content? Who cares 1 Million hours of crap is still CRAP.
I hope Bloom has to give back the money he blew to his investors.
Either that or maybe he should dye his hair a little more.
Grow up boomer...your on your way out.
Phillip Molly Malone
· 1 year ago
They will be done within two years! There sites suck and the content owners will walk or stay away and be better off for it!
And wouldn't it be nice if the co-founder could actually say the name of the company?
Molly
anon
· 1 year ago
Hrmm...The "pod"safe music network is still alive and kicking, as clunky as ever (http://music.podshow.com).
The Tuesday Night Tech Show
· 1 year ago
I have personally always hated the PodShow name--good that they finally decided to change it. I think some old-school people equate the iPod with Podcasting and don't realize you don't *need* an iPod to hear podcasts...
SuezanneCBaskerville
· 1 year ago
I think that hair looks great.
phil wright
· 1 year ago
This is great. From the podshow press release:
"We have never believed in user-generated content as a business, or even as a sustainable entertainment offering," said Ron Bloom
From Ron's site:
"I put forward the 5/50 rule that predicted within 5 years, over 50% of the content consumed would be created by other consumers. From my vantage point, I’m now thinking that I underestimated the percentages."
Joe
· 1 year ago
Adam really was a major catalyst for the podcast movement. It appears that he came away richer, and many podcasters came away with the same, or more likely less money than they started with. While I don't have any personal evidence, I've hear several podcasters speak poorly of their arrangement with podshow.
I still listen to many a podcast every day. I do sympathize with the challenge that those who wish to make a living with all this face. Hell, to even pay for their costs! What a strange paradigm this is. Hopefully you all do better than I did.
Jeff Tidwell
· 1 year ago
Say what you will, but Ron and Adam saw the real talent in Dawn and Drew and have kept them on the air for 767 episodes now.
For that I'm eternally thankful.
- Psycho Fan Jeff
Amarie
· 1 year ago
Dawn and Drew is shit Adam Curry and Ron Bloom are assholes who fucked people over gleefully. So there you go.
Ymoon
· 1 year ago
Wow I'm surprised Amarie had the mental capacity to put such BIG words together in a sentence! clap clap
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http://ericsusch.com/2008/04/23/podshow-implode...
I hope Bloom has to give back the money he blew to his investors.
Either that or maybe he should dye his hair a little more.
Grow up boomer...your on your way out.
And wouldn't it be nice if the co-founder could actually say the name of the company?
Molly
"We have never believed in user-generated content as a business, or even as a sustainable entertainment offering," said Ron Bloom
From Ron's site:
"I put forward the 5/50 rule that predicted within 5 years, over 50% of the content consumed would be created by other consumers. From my vantage point, I’m now thinking that I underestimated the percentages."
I still listen to many a podcast every day. I do sympathize with the challenge that those who wish to make a living with all this face. Hell, to even pay for their costs! What a strange paradigm this is. Hopefully you all do better than I did.
For that I'm eternally thankful.
- Psycho Fan Jeff
Adam Curry and Ron Bloom are assholes who fucked people over gleefully.
So there you go.