Day: December 14, 2005

Ricky Gervais Podcast

Fred Wilson pointed at it yesterday, so I subscribed to the new Ricky Gervais podcast (creator, star of The Office and Extras) and laughed all the way down the Mass Turnpike. One of the funniest people on the planet. 

Today Reuters is reporting the podcast is number one, and for good reason. 


Verizon | Reuters.com LONDON (Reuters) – Ricky Gervais, creator and star of the hit BBC comedy "The Office," has topped the charts in the United States and Britain with his podcast, a booming new format that lets users download audio or video programming.

 Here’s the link for iTunes

What is the Wikipedia business model?

Wikipedia’s Chief: Don’t Quote Us

 From BusinessWeek this morning:

"About how many people use and contribute to Wikipedia? The number I like to talk about is the number of very active editors — those that do the bulk of the work. As of October, there were about 1,850 for the English version of Wikipedia, and 4,573 worldwide. We don’t know how many unique users visit the site because we’re lame and don’t keep track of it — we don’t sell advertising, so we don’t have to. But we get about 2.5 billion page views per month."

Okay, great site, I like it, I think it represents the best example of the avalanche, but how the hell is it subsidized? Is there any revenue model here? No way Jimbo, a former trader, is going to pay the ISP bills out of charity. 

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