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We also asked them what they thought was to come in 2023.
Will previously major companies leave the scene entirely?
an executive from a midsize web connection wondered.
Two of the bigger topics from the previous year subscriptions and video were questioned as well.
That would be nice, but Im uncertain.
So is there a way to save the limited-run podcast format?
(The Economist, by the way, already does this to great effect.)
Other people were hoping for more prosaic changes in 2023.
A representative comment to that effect: More creative always-on shows!
Creative people can produce strong, talk-based shows, not just famous people!
All of which is to say its not all bad or at least it wont be bad forever.
Celebrity/TV-cast chatcasts can hopefully level out?
I think we have plenty.
People completely undervaluing the resources it takes to make a professional-sounding show.
I hope Misha [Euceph] keepstweeting out the goods!
It has to be the year that true crime subsides.
It has to be.
It just cant continue like this for much longer.
There are no more murders left to regurgitate!
Im sick of stories about bad men being bad that ponder why theyre so bad.
There are literally millions of other types of people in this world to center your story on.
Hiring TV and film execs to run podcast shops.
The mediums are different.
The job of an exec is simple: Have a vision.
Unfortunately, most of these people lack any vision that would push this medium forward.
And were seeing it now with the projects they decide to green-light.
Its gotta stop.
Audio fiction that feels expressly made for TV adaptation.
This idea of big podcast entities remaining neutral despite who they decide to associate with … Theres nothing neutral about providing a platform for hate.
This year … two-thirds of my gigs are just marketing podcasts!
I cannot think of something most producers like myself could belessexcited about.
Can we bring back magazine style?
Or shows that have random unrelated episodes that are one-offs?
Shows that force segments just for the sake of having segments.
Let the conversation flow, baby!
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