[BC] XM only wishes it could get numbers like this!

[David Reaves]

Not to mention (but I will) that iTunes itself is free, so no end- 
user has had to pay a penny.

I'm a huge Apple fan myself, but I have to believe that when  
Microsoft finally puts a Podcast-enabled WMP upgrade online, no one  
will be surprised when it surpasses Apple's mark in well under two days.

Kind Regards,
David P. Reaves, III
TransLanTech Sound, LLC
Home of the Award-winning "Ariane Sequel" Digital Audio Leveler

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 21:15:57 -0700, "David Lawrence  
<david at onlinetonight.net>" wrote:

<<
> On 7/3/05 12:56 PM, one Sid Schweiger <sid at wrko.com> wrote:
>
>>>> I thought XM had passed one million some time ago.<<
>>
>> Not in two days they didn't.
>
> Nor has Apple if you compare things properly. There's no  
> subscription fee
> for any of the podcasts (mine will have one shortly), the podcasts  
> are being
> counted individually, with most people subscribing to over 20  
> podcasts, only
> to abandon most of them eventually (or be abandoned by a podcast  
> producer
> who realizes just how hard that 4th, 5th and 6th podcast and beyond  
> is to
> do).
>
> In addition, the receiver (iPod) was already "installed" - there were
> already around 27 million people listening to podcasts before Apple  
> opened
> their doors and obviated the need for an aggregator.
>
> This is more like a new channel or two on XM than a new service.
>
> Not downing it - I love podcasting from both directions (that probably
> sounded really dirty to Willie), but let's not be too sensational.
> Podcasters are already beginning to feel fatigue - listening and  
> producing.
>
> David
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