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“Today’s episode / issue included a news segment for a podcast without disclosing that Cridland Himself is involved the announced show. Clearly this kind of “news” is actually an ad, and regardless not disclosing the connection seems highly unethical. And inconsistent. Sometimes Cridland does disclose this kind of connection.
When did this show jump the shark into mostly being press releases (ads) for people in the clique?
I guess it was bound to happen … that’s why people network after all. But for anyone outside the clique, it makes the “news” way less relevant and ethical.
Wish I could remove the final star.
It’s a lot to ask of a one-person enterprise with this much scope creep. Kudos to Cridland for spinning up something like this … his determination and dedication are impressive. But apparently there’s plenty of money involved, so maybe it’s time to hire an editor to handle these conflicts.
This show truly is at its best when Cridland (and friends) has done some clever research maneuvers and reports the findings. Obviously he’s set up a good collection of Google alerts, too, and plenty of other podcasts about podcasts and industry consultants regurgitate his work. And yet the show now has that hyper socialized networking vibe that narrows the perspective, diminishes the newsworthiness, and brings any pretense at objectivity into question. The ripple effect of regurgitation makes for a grim niche.
James Cridland keeps tweeting about this review. You’d think a busy and important podcaster who doesn’t even have time to research how to pronounce people’s names would have better things to do than complain about his audience in public. Weird how insecure some otherwise brilliant people can be. Deleted another star.
The music is back. Deleted a star.
Edited to add: After some public grousing about the feedback below, the show has dropped most of the background music and seems to have adjusted the pacing a bit to get beyond a snarky hammering headline array and into some actual info (and why not? they are patiently generating plenty of important industry info at podnews, so they surely can identify interesting and useful info to include here). They may have even started to explore further than what seemed previously to be their own friends and enemies list for content. Listening is a much better time now. Changed from 2 to 3 stars. … The super tight pacing, sarcastic delivery, and overly loud tense & shrill music make this show really unpleasant.”
~ Violet ~ via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/13/23
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“Three minutes of podcast industry news made entertaining. James is witty, insightful, and on top of all the latest news.”
mjmccready via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/24/21
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“The super tight pacing, sarcastic delivery, and overly loud tense & shrill music make this show really unpleasant.”
~ Violet ~ via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/13/21
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“A concise resource that helps all podcasters keep up with the fast flowing stream of podcasting news and advances. Fantastic!”
App Rover via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/31/19
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