Podcast Network in funding crisis

Tim Burrowes

March 17, 2009 10:07

Troubled Australian-based The Podcast Network has launched an appeal to its users because it is facing a “funding crisis”.

In a blog posting published this morning, founder Cameron Reilly tells supporters: “I’ve just been hit with a large hosting bill for TPN’s servers and bandwidth and unfortunately I don’t have the funds to cover it this month.”

Reilly is among Australia’s best known podcasters, and his show G’Day World was Australia’s first podcast.

The Podcast Network – which produces nearly 100 shows and claims a global audience of half a million a month – suffered a major blow in December when its Texas-based servers suffered a crash and lost a lot of data. TPN was also previously hit by hackers.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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Cameron Reilly podcasts The Podcast Network

4 COMMENTS

Mitchell P 17 Mar 09

Time to commercialise, Cameron!

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Brenden Wood 18 Mar 09

I am successfully monetizing my podcasts…click here to hear a sample (the first advert appears about 2 mins into the podcast)…: http://brendenwood.com.au/inde.....ralian-tv/

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Fi Bendall 24 Mar 09

I’d rather give $’s to Cameron than Aussie Stocks. Go Mate xx

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