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Podcasting Goes Pay-to-Play

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-fans-and-make-em-pay dept.

James Draven writes "For the last year, people have been wondering - how to make money off podcasts? Some have dabbled with advertising, some with user donations, but now the most popular podcast on iTunes is moving to a subscription model. Bit-Tech is reporting that the Ricky Gervais Show will cost $7 a month starting next week."

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  1. Great Idea!!! by coolgeek · · Score: 3, Funny

    Remove shoe, shoot self in foot.

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  2. Re:This isn't even news, really by MKalus · · Score: 2, Funny
    I bet you didn't know Maynard James Keenan of Tool is against illegal music piracy


    How does legal music piracy look like?
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  3. Re:Correction by fm6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Taco's Razor: Never ascribe to hyperbole what can be properly ascribed to sloppy prose.

  4. Re:This isn't even news, really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    I bet you didn't know Maynard James Keenan of Tool is against illegal music piracy.

    s/ of Tool/, a Tool,/

  5. Re:This isn't even news, really by jrockway · · Score: 2, Funny

    > How [sic] does legal music piracy look like?

    Like this.

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