The Case of the Fake Indie Podcast
Holy moly — there’s trouble in the podosphere! Seems as though Warner Bros. might be putting out a fake indie podcast in what appears to be a pathetically misguided effort to trick people into listening to more Better Than Ezra. Says Podcasting News:
We asked (Bands Under The Radar host Kami) Knake whether her podcast, which has a low-budget “indie” quality to it, is in fact an official corporate podcast made on behalf of Warner Brothers Records.
“It’s something I started before I came to WBR,” said Knake. “I do play WBR artists, but that’s by choice. My podcast has nothing to do with WBR.
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While Knake’s official word is that her podcast has nothing to do with Warner Brothers, Bands Under the Radar features Warner Brothers artists, is created by a Warner Brothers employee and is delivered from Warner Brothers’ servers.
First the payola scandal, and now this? Oh the humanity! Get the whole sordid tale here.