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My hot take: podcasts are dying. They're killing the goose laying the golden eggs with too many ads. Sure, you can skip them, but that just kills the flow of whatever you are doing.Radio is dying because there are far more listening options to divide listeners from podcasts to Spotify and Apple Music and Pandora. Streaming apps are killing broadcast television too. Both radio and TV are downsizing.
So far I'm "downgrading" to lesser known podcasts with fewer/no ads, but as soon as those get popular enough they too get over-burdened with ads.
I also have u2b premium and sh!t-can any video with built-in ads. Life is too short to be told I need a skeezy VPN or a gonad hair trimmer. I have free range nuts and no ad is gonna change that!
They will find a way to f*ck it up. The sticker price will be shocking, IMO. ESPN and Amazon have paid so much for their little slice of the pie, they aren't going to let that be de-valued without getting some kickback. NFL will find a way to make you sign up for at least three things you don't want just to get what you do want.There is going to be a streaming version of the Sunday Ticket. That is a given. There is too much money for the NFL to make with a deal. The question is which streaming service will get it.
Hitler got the trains to run on time...I will give credit where credit is due. I was there when Felger was a beat writer with the Herald, and the guy worked hard and certainly invested a lot of time on the radio in between to eventually get that opportunity as well as his television gig. He was also helpful to me on a few occasions and was always great from that standpoint.
While I don't like his schtick on air, knowing the backstory, I do have an appreciation for how he got to where he is.