After the intro music and after the outro music wouldn't bother me, but please dont interrupt in the middle of the podcast for ads. That would be the worst. They have to find advertisers that let them swear as well.
Only thing that would bug me if they started spewing BS about their product they support. Diggnation used to do it and it was tough to listen to. Podcast ads are still at the point where they are very unobtrusive.
I'd be strongly against it. The only way I could see it working is if they did it MBMBaM-style and managed to make their advertisements into genuinely funny bits, and even a certain amount of the MBMBam stuff isn't humorous.
if not advertising, then what? It is a perfectly reasonable and non-intrusive way of monetizing the bombcast. Im down with it! (although i am getting sick of audible ads)
EDIT:that was poorly said: was it not just a few weeks ago, during the whole "journalist integrity" thing, that Jeff more or less said, if you don't trust them (the bombers) to do right by us (the viewers) then why are you still around? if they need to advertise on the 'cast I trust that they will do it in the most responsible and unobtrusive way possible.
The only way adverts in the podcast would be good is if they read them like they read the WiiWare and DSiWare adverts. Scathingly detached or way too invested and using weird voices. That would actually be awesome.
I'm against the idea seeing as I'm currently paying to view an ad free site. I'm a gold member and for a good amount of time I haven't felt the premium content hasn't been worth it, so if they suddenly started putting ads in the Bombcast I would probably take my money elsewhere. I mean at least at the moment I'm getting an ad free Bombcast for my money even when the premium content seems to dry up pretty badly at times. If they want to include an ad free version in the subscription then fine, but force ads on everyone and that might be the deciding factor the next time my subscription is up for renewal.
As long as it's nothing more than a 60 second bumper or them saying this episode of bombcast is sponsored by _________, it doesn't really bother me. Go back and listen to some old episodes of TalkRadar. They had shows that were sponsored and it was pretty non intrusive.
I've listened to podcasts that integrate them just fine (and that found advertisers that don't require them to censor themselves), so it's REALLY not that big a deal. AND it'll be AWESOME reading the knee-jerk, reactionary comments!
The website has ads and optional subscriptions. If they promoted the site and its content more on the 'cast, wouldn't that benefit both sides without having to resort to advertising on the 'cast?
Ads during the 'cast feel dirty and can cause people to question whether they can trust the guys to speak honestly, but a segment talking about new content on the site is more appealing even if it's done to direct listeners to ads.
"Ugh, another ad." vs. "Oh, this article or piece of community content sounds neat. I'll go check it out." Both see the user served with advertising, but the latter results in a happier user.
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