PodShow Is Dead; Now “Mevio”
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Image via WikipediaPodfather Adam Curry his child, PodShow is dead; it’s changing its name to Mevio.
According to NewTeevee the name change is due to the so-called “curse of the ‘Pod’” – the idea goes that any company which carries the name “pod” is cursed. NewTeeVee notes that fellow “pod” companies changed their name, PodZinger is called EveryZing and PodBright is changed its name to VoloMedia.
When podcasting is growing 40% year to year, though, with some surveys pegging podcasting’s growth as high as 87% year to year, it’s a mistake to pin the troubles of PodTech and PodShow on their “pod” names.
PodShow has raised and spent close to $24 million over the last couple of years, but its business case appears to be stalled with its stars pimping GoDaddy codes. That’s a problem they aren’t going to fix with a name change.
Mevio expects to be profitable by the end of the year - but I’ll be surprised if we don’t see some very high-profile defections from the “Mevio” camp before then.