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Why I’m Stopping the Fan-Supported Podcast Experiment
Audio that’s part of a broader membership program or fan club, whether informational or entertainment.
Dan Frommer • Subscription podcasting is not a breakout success
Patreon supporters might fund a monthly magazine, or a video series, or an artist’s salary.
Ferriss, Timothy • Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Times are changing for writers. There’s been a recent wave who’ve stopped contributing to outlets and moved to newsletters like this, such as myself. To give some insight into what’s happening, the following is a postmortem of my decade-long career writing nonfiction for well-known media outlets like The Atlantic or The Daily Beast.
Erik Hoel • Writing for outlets isn't worth it anymore
The current state of podcast advertising is a situation not so different from the early web:
Ben Thompson • Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play
Though “Breaking Points” makes some money from podcast and YouTube ads, the bulk of the revenue comes from a premium-subscription model. If you subscribe at a cost of ten dollars a month, or a hundred dollars for a full year, you gain access to an uncut version of each episode, free of ads, in both audio and video formats.
Cal Newport • The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class
The real breakthroughs that enabled the revival of the 1,000 True Fans model are better understood as cultural. The rise in both online news paywalls and subscription video-streaming services trained users to be more comfortable paying à la carte for content. When you already shell out regular subscription fees for newyorker.com, Netflix, Peacock, ... See more
Cal Newport • The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class
Expanded to allow anybody to stream but the ‘everyday life’ content wasn’t gaining traction