TWIT Joins Podshow?

by Paul Colligan on February 15, 2006

Update: Looks like the question has been answered. It was sloppy reporting from Red Herring. Read the notes at the bottom of this piece to get the full story, as reported from the “Blogosphere.” Special thanks to the Podcast Brothers.

Update Soapbox: “Traditional Press” – you might want to consider getting your facts straight (or calling someone or something) before you run a story on Podcasting. I think you’ll find us Podcasters are really decent people and would be thrilled to help you get the story right. My contact information is over to the right of this page if you are interested.

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The questioned asked by Steve Holden is a good one – did Red Herring get it wrong, or is TWIT now part of Podshow?

In your typical generic “reporting” from the Podshow Press Release on the Podshow Delivery Network (PDN), Red Herring reported that:

San Francisco-based PodShow, led by podcasting pioneer Adam Curry, has about 50 of the most popular podcasts in its stable, including Mr. Curry’s own Daily Source Code, This Week in Tech, and The Dawn & Drew Show.

So, either TWIT has joined Podshow (wouldn’t be the worst move for them) and nobody cares or Red Herring hasn’t got a clue what a Podcast is and we’re so tired of the “traditional” media that nobody’s upset with the bad reporting.

Either way, things remain curious on this one.

Has TWIT joined Podshow? Does Red Herring have no clue about the difference between a Podcast and the company Podshow?

How come Steve and I are the only ones posting on this?

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  • I'm glad that some corrections were made. It is interesting though the errors about podcasting coming from "mainstream" reporting organizations. I think Dave Winer has mentioned this a lot, fact checkers are very rare on staffs.

    The other interesting thing a couple of weeks back was when Adam was supposedly caught by suprise on The Daily Source that TWIT was working with PODTRAC on advertising. But if someone was listening to TWIT they would have known that they were considering this because they were running a survey.

    I think there might be a "mini-business" related to podcast business intelligence that needs to be thought about a little bit more. Ones competitors may be giving you more information than you know via podcasts/blogs/other media.

    Steve
  • Well look at that, the "mystery" is solved.

    Somehow, deep down, didn't we all know that this was the case?
  • Reading this post quickly, it sounded like the press release said Podshow had TWIT on board. In fact, the press release said no such thing, but the Red Herring article did. However, the Red Herring article has been changed, so that This Week In Tech is not mentioned anymore. Go here (http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=15721&hed=Podcasters'+Souped-Up+Tools) and you'll see that the quoted paragraph from above, no longer reads the same. Looks like they stand corrected.
  • I've been asked numerous times if Podcast Brothers is part of Podshow (we're not) because we are listed under featured podcasts (at the bottom under Business categories):

    http://podshow.com/featured.html

    so I think it's probably the same for TWiT.
  • (however unlikely)
  • The latter. And... a little of the former... I suppose they are both a little at fault. Of course I am not Leo myself, so I suppose it is also possible that the world has flipped on it's end over-night.
  • So FFS, is it crappy reporting from Red Herring, or Podshow trying to get more press than they deserve?

    Paul
  • There is NO WAY this happened. Adam curries press release has about as much truth to it as Adam Currie's Wikipedia tampering. Leo has, on numerous occasions, voiced his distaste for the commercialization of podcasting (on air, and to me personally).

    This is simply the self-proclaimed "podfather" trying to pad his ambitions with the work and prestige of a true podcasting pioneer: Leo Laporte.
  • Craig, I agree that NOTHING is proof at this point - hence the article - does Red Herring know something we don't - or are they just sloppy?

    However, this "deal" with TWIT and AOL - how do you figure that? AOL gives them free hosting. That's the least that Podshow would do as well. Right?

    Or am I missing something here as well?
  • Twit sits on the podshow site under 'Featured Podcasts'/ Technology. Doesn't mean they've signed on. I think the AOL deal Leo has is better than podshow could offer.
  • PLEASE SAY IT AIN'T SO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    And, one more question, how come nobody cares bout the PDN?

    TWITFAN
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