In the past few days since the word going out about Adam Curry wanting to meet UK podcasters and my well timed Skype interview with him (to be available soon), I have now had five conversations - yes five, of varying degrees of seriousness and intensity - asking when Britcaster.com will ’sell out’ in some way to a London, UK division of Podshow Inc. Astonishing.This could be a result of Britcaster.com having absolutely no direct commercial intent whatsoever - a concept so alien to many that there is an assumption that there must be some hidden profit plan somewhere…. Perhaps there are comparisons being made with Podshow’s acquisition of PodcastAlley some time ago, but not only was (and is) PodcastAlley infinitely more active a community, it also had an existing revenue stream and was clearly aligning itself for making profit.The only potential value Britcaster.com has to Podshow is a PR stunt to boost the positive perception of being part of the UK podcasting space.

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