Not sure if this pic will post, but it looks like Katie is involved with the studio D&R rent out.

I'm out, I'm afraid.  I'll check in here periodically to see how it's going but does she really have the stamina and fortitude to make this last?  I hope for her sake, she does.  Keep us posted!  

I will 100% not. I bet you 6.95 that this fails in 6 months. She'll do an IG story in her plaid shirt saying shes sorry but she can't do it anymore. Have fun listening to her rehash the same stories over again. And put the new Sirius screwed her over story in rotation.

meepmeep wrote:

She is only charging because of her inability to gain sponsorships. That is what I pay for Sirius monthly. She should  be doing at least the first month free.  If she gets 1000 fans willing to subscribe, and she keeps $5 of the $6.95, that is $5000 a month before taxes. This does not even including paying Matt, unless he continues to work for free. She is such a liar saying she did not set the price. So you had no ability to dictate your own salary by working for yourself?

 
You can listen to the best of for free with commercials.

A once per week hour long podcast is more than enough for me. I wouldn't pay 99 cents to listen to the same stuff she's been talking about for 8 years.

cincella wrote:

Feminist Hero wrote:

Not sure if this pic will post, but it looks like Katie is involved with the studio D&R rent out.

 
Wow I had know idea dnr had a show lol sounds like they might be the ones with the smart idea with the studio rental idea!
I’ll be listening to Taylor for sure 6.95 a month is nothing. You guys can listen to the free stuff once a week tho.
I have a feeling you all will be paying to listen. How will you discuss her?

 
I won’t. I wouldn’t pay anything. I’ve already found other stuff to listen to.

I've been lurking since the show was cancelled but felt motivated to join after today's announcement. 

A subscription only "radio" show that can't be downloaded or streamed on an app (not a website) is a terrible idea.  Like others have said, podcasts are the future; radio is dying.  I am guessing that they went with the subscription only show because Taylor is desperate for money.  I listen to tons of podcasts; all are free, all have sponsors, and the hosts of probably 90% of them quit their 9 to 5s within a year of launching because revenue from the podcast became sufficient for them to live on.  However, it takes time to build up an audience and get bigger bucks for ads.  I think Taylor is too impatient and is looking for an easy way to make money.  I wouldn't be surprised if, after a few months of having a steady number of subscribers to justify bigger or more lucrative advertisers than a brand new podcast could garner, the show changes to a free podcast.  Basically, I think she's using the subscribers to cushion her through her business's growth period where she wouldn't otherwise be generating any money, and then she will have a sudden change of heart and make the show free for everyone.  I don't necessarily knock her for needing money immediately (I couldn't afford to work for free for months either) but it's short sighted if she really thinks this will work long term and if she wants to grow her audience and not alienate fans.  I also don't know how she'll leverage a subscription only "radio" website show into future TV hosting gigs...she's intentionally limiting her audience!  

This is purely speculation, but as a lawyer who does some employment work I'm curious about why she needs this money.  If anyone has a non-compete clause, they are getting paid something extra for agreeing to not work in their field for a specific period of time after the separate from employment.  It only makes sense: no one will voluntarily agree to not work for X months/years without getting compensation on the front end to make up for that lost employment.  It's possible that she's run through that money over the past ten weeks, but I also think that unless her firing was 100% due to her bad behavior (which, in reality, is hard to prove), Sirius probably gave her a severance check so that she wouldn't sue or threaten to sue them.  Even if totally baseless, a lot of companies will proactively pay fired employees to avoid expensive litigation in the future.  I get that living in NYC is expensive, but that would also factor into how much severance she could get. 

Last point...did anyone else catch how she said this would basically be the same as WUWT, but when she first spoke out about getting fired from Sirius she said she needed a change after doing the same thing for 11 years.  The same segments with the same cohosts (I do LOVE kenny and carly) is not a change.  She's just not original or creative to make this different and great.  

Anyway, just my rambling thoughts while I avoid getting ready for work tomorrow.

Great summation, totally agree with your last point!! Welcome to the Basement!!

PrincessPoppy wrote:

Karma I’m glad you’re back! I was wondering where you’d disappeared to 😊

 
Thanks love

I’m really sick of the FB page saying just give up a Starbucks and it pays for it. Am I the only one that doesn’t buy coffee?? Mamma makes that shit at home, I need caffeine immediately upon waking up!

But, if the website is not blocked at work, I’ll probably subscribe and see how it goes, I’ll report back. Also, $7 may be worth it to never hear about hello fresh, or Casper, or a ripe off of a wine club 🤷🏼‍♀️. She does  make a point about if you pay you shouldn’t have to listen to sponsorships and Sirius has so many. But then y’all make a point how she’s using her listeners to pay her salary.

Yeah, I think a better solution would have been for D&R to hire Tay to do a morning show for them since they already have a base and probably commercial sponsors.   It would increase the listener base for both D&R and T.   I'm sure one of the two were way too greedy to agree to it though.  I'm guessing they low balled T to the point she would have had to get another job to support herself.  And we know there's no way she'd do that.  Heaven forbid the girl work more than a few hours a day.

Karma wrote:

I love this guy!

6.95 this doesn't take off until February.

If you go to her webpage now it says it's "Coming Soon."  So it's just being updated today.  Wouldn't it be more professional to have updated it before her announcement and have the site off line until January 1 so that it could have been launched that day?  I don't know much about websites, so I could be way off.  

Oh good, so it's not just me.  The funny thing is I wasn't even going to her page, I just have this one book marked next to it and hit the wrong link.  When I saw that I was like, you've got to be kidding me." 

I liked her show, and miss it at times, but I just can't see myself going to a webpage to listen to a specific show when there are apps for podcasts instead.  I'd be even more likely to pay for a show/donate though iTunes or Patreon then have my credit card linked to a webpage to listen to.  If I'm understanding that is how it works, it just seems off to me.