Sunday, April 1, 2007

Bustopia to be Sold

Bustopia is going to go through some major changes to offset the rising costs of podcasting (equipment, advertising, bandwidth, etc). We have opened bidding for a corporation to purchase the Bustopia podcast. So far, Fox Networks, Apple, Public Broadcasting Corporation, and Air America have expressed interest. Since whatever road we take will screw over you listeners, I felt it was only fair to warn you. I will list the cons of each; the only pros in any case is we get our financial burdens lifted.

Fox Networks
Episodes would be available for stream, but not download
We would be required to run a few advertisements throughout each episode

Apple
All episodes would be purchased at the iTunes Music Store, for 99 cents each
We would each be given a Mac and then required to pretend we like it on the show
We would have to conform to strict censorship

Public Broadcasting Corporation
We would have donation buttons on the site and regularly ask for donations during the show
We would regularly play Public Service Announcements
We would add a "history time" section

Air America
We would be required to set aside 30% of each show for Republican bashing
We would no longer be allowed to talk about how much we love Dick Cheney
We would be required to increase our ethnic diversity by getting some black dude to ride the bus
We would no longer be allowed to use the terms "Democrat," "liberal," "nerd," "gay," "ghey," "elderly," and "hippie" as insults

Feel free to post comments telling us which company you would most like to see Bustopia a subsidiary of. Unless there are large differences in the money involved, we will try to cater to our listenership like the suck-ups we are.

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