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Re: Tuesday, May 3, 2005
I must not have made myself clear in Taking the Fork. I'm not being critical. I expect Adam to do a great job as both a broadcaster and a podcaster. As I said, he started as a radio guy, as did I. Any radio guy who listens to Adam's Daily Source Code isn't just listening to a primo podcaster, but to an experienced first-rank radio talent. Saying that Adam comes from a radio background doesn't mean he'll do a lousy job on Sirius. On the contrary, it raises the chances that he'll do a terrific job. As I said, I expect both Adam and Howard Stern to show what radio used to be at its best, and can be again. At my most optimistic, I expect them to bring a new Golden Age to radio. I also look forward to seeing how he and Sirius work their way through the hideous regulatory roadblocks that the RIAA, Congress and the Copyright Office put in the path of "webcasting" -- the sourge they feared when they lobbied the DMCA through Congress and then CARPed into the Webcasting Rates published in 2001. There is also nothing wrong in saying there are huge differences in kind between broadcasting and podcasting. Those differences are technical and legal, to name just the two big ones. Bridging podcasting and broadcasting won't be easy. Adam is the pioneer here. I'm looking foward to seeing how he "takes the fork" when there's trailblazing work to be done in the wilderness where both paths point.
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