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The (IN)famous “Podcasting is Dead” Speech

Michael Geoghegan spoke at last year’s Podcasting and New Media Expo and dropped a bomb that got reactions from people all throughout the podcasting community. I’ve been waiting for this presentation to hit the web and now it has finally been published. Michael stated in his blog that he hopes this will clear up any noise that’s been generated by people who actually didn’t hear the presentation:

While many podcasting “thought leaders” refer to it, given their comments, any fair listen will reveal they have never actually heard it, they have only “heard of it”. (In fact, one podcasting big wig had to retract his statement about it.) I challenge any of the podcasting glitterati to disagree with its basic premise. In truth, it is a surprisingly optimistic and practical presentation for new media producers.

Also in this presentation, Michael reveals the amount of time it takes to get paid from advertisers:

Further controversy surrounded the presentation because I revealed the actual “time to get paid” from the major podcast ad networks. I don’t know that they were terribly pleased with this, but with a lot of room for improvement I am hopeful that they will improve and that podcasters will enter these relationships with a practical understanding of what to expect.

I can’t wait to listen to it. I’ll post more once I’ve digested the contents and had time to think about it.