NNF going to a pay format

[ericluxury]

They have probably between 5-10k listeners, so if 500 listeners pay, thats still $10,000, which while not being a full time salary for two people, is quite a bit of money for essentially talking for an hour and change a week.  It's at the least a good supplement. 

I think that they will get more than 10% though. Jesse asks for donations which is I can't see people caring about as much. Also, his show is the kind of show that gets the more casual listener.

As for what it portends for content on the future, it seems like every podcast that I've listened to either begins charging or making money in some way or ends up petering out.

[Andy]

are donations to jesse tax deductable?  I wonder how hard it would be to make it so?

[Josh]

are donations to jesse tax deductable?  I wonder how hard it would be to make it so?

No; I dunno, probably harder than not declaring it at all.


Eric Luxury, I like your math and I hope it works out.

[Omar]

If Tom ever asked for donations, I think he would get about $94,000.

[Andy]

prove it.

[yesno]

I was thinking of paying for NNF.  But then I realized that I have way too much free stuff to listen to, some of which I enjoy a great deal more than that podcast.  Plus I haven't gotten through the Best Show archives.  I have plenty of laffs already on my plate.

I probably spent more on the Best Show by pledging, though, than I have for any other single media product. I'm starting to make up for all the illegal stuff I've downloaded, I guess.

[Andy]

so paying for something you enjoy somehow pays off a debt for something you have stolen from somebody else?

[Andy]

why am I such a dickbag?

[yesno]

dickbag-ness aside, it's hard to see what else you can do to make up for years of pirating besides starting to pay for stuff you like.  It's not like I'm going to mail a check to King Crimson for that mega-torrent I downloaded and deleted.

[Forrest]

Even though I once podcasted NNF, I could never make it through an entire episode without getting really bored or annoyed. I really don't know who is coughing up cash to listen.

[Andy]

Even though I once podcasted NNF, I could never make it through an entire episode without getting really bored or annoyed. I really don't know who is coughing up cash to listen.

I wasn't going to be the first to mention it, but I tried to listen a couple of times and could not get into it.

[Gagneaux]

I really enjoyed the first season with Mike Schmidt (I may be spelling that wrong). Now, it really depends on who the guest is. Some shows I think are pretty good (with PFT, Maria Bamford, Todd Glass) and the others I just can't get into. I certainly don't plan on paying for a whole season of NNF. I think that there will be an option to buy individual episodes. If there's a guest I'm into, I might buy that specific show.

[Dorvid Barnas]

I think it was a mistake, but I wish them the best of luck.

[John Junk 2.0]

No way am I paying to listen to those dudes bullshit for an hour at a time.  They're giving away 20 min. for free, right?  Experience has taught me that there's about 20 min. of amusement per show in the first place.

That show always makes me feel like I'm sitting in a room with a white carpet, wearing sweatpants and socks, eating hot wings on a Sunday.  In other words: Cheap Thrills.

NNF: It's Ovah!

[TremblingEagle]

you better be pretty damn entertaining to make people come out of pocket
for a podcast. I'm interested to see what happens.