A year ago, Ajay asked me a quick interview for MB on what I think about podcasting. I couldn’t really remember what I said but the gist of it was that the act of podcasting is a difficult routine that it could be short-lived.
A quick check at the list of nominations for the 2007 Philippine Blog Awards in the podcast category showed poor results. So, I went back a tracked them. Most of the Filipino Podcasts I used to listen had been off the air or floating somewhere. So, where are they and what could be the reason why they discontinued their shows?
- Diminished/Lost interest from podcasters?
- Lack of time and/or schedule coordination among co-hosts to continue regular programming?
- Lack of topics to cover?
- No audience?
- No avenues for monetization?
- Went back to blogging as it’s easier and less stressful to write than to talk (and edit, and mix, and compress, and upload).
In blogging, I noticed that the most prolific ones (or the ones that really grew their audience) were partly motivated by the monetization aspect so the is the lack thereof in the podcasting arena be a reason for that? I’m not sure.
That area of the local blogosphere needs to be rejuvenated. :) To our former/current podcasters out there, why’d you stopped?
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