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francine hardaway's avatar

Be glad that you are towards the end of your career. That’s Google LM making those podcasts. I did one about six months ago and outside of the triviality of the content (from my own writing) I was stunned by the resulting podcast. More to come.

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garybaumgarten's avatar

Another former radio broadcaster turned podcaster says he “interviewed” an AI generated podcaster for his podcast. Now let’s try to wrap that one around our apparently comparatively feeble minds.

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gary rice's avatar

Well-written and thoughtful piece. There's one minor thing - There is ZERO confidence in MSM. When I need verification on a new news report, I go to PALTALK and ask around. This is what all the MSM has done. It began when the courts officially approved the idea that police officers could lie to the public to extract information from individuals—sad day for America.

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garybaumgarten's avatar

Gary - while I agree that something’s wrong when lying to cops can get citizens in trouble yet cops lying to citizens is ok, I’m not certain how that adds or detracts from the credibility of the Main Street media

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Biro's avatar

Good piece, Gary. Is that quote from me? It sounds like it might be.

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garybaumgarten's avatar

I figured the folks we worked with, Steve, would guess it to be you, too. But it's Sal Giangrasso who gets the credit :).

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Ken P's avatar

Will there still be such a thing as "radio" news in the future? I saw that "CNN Radio" which changed it's name to "CNN Audio" has now changed it's name again to "CNN Podcasts." No young person should consider going into terrestrial radio anymore.

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garybaumgarten's avatar

I hadn't seen that latest change at CNN, Ken. I've always wondered what the business model is. Are they successful in monetizing podcasts? Podcasting is oversaturated because anyone can get in but heritage broadcasters and publishers have an advantage by producing their own because they already have a built-in audience. But podcasting isn't radio on a new platform. It's on demand and there's a place for that of course. But radio proves essential in times of disaster or other emergencies. And the news content on podcasting is more retrospective, speculative and long form than what radio generally provides - instant updates. Although that may be less necessary because folks get alerts on their phones. However, the veracity of those alerts varies. But your bottom line is correct. I worry about the young people I've been mentoring at work.

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Ken P's avatar

I don't remember where I read that. But I don't stay in touch with anyone who is still at CNN. I guess the name change makes sense. People know what a podcast is but I'm not sure they would connect with "audio." I can't even imagine with all the podcasts out there but they make any kind of money with it. Maybe it's just branding?

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garybaumgarten's avatar

Of course there’s cross promotion at play here but is it cost effective? Perhaps but I’ve never had it explained to me.

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