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I appreciate and support your decisions as a business person. What I would like access to is the old show notes. Are those posted anywhere?

So, I don’t feel like I’ve been dishonest or petty but you’re free to make your own decisions about that and do whatever you think you need to.

TPN is a small business folks. I’m the only full time employee and I’ve financed the operation for the last four years to try to provide you with interesting content. When people sign up to host a show on TPN, they don’t pay a fee. They agree to certain terms in return for using our infrastructure and brand. When they end the relationship it’s always going to be hard. I’ll try to learn lessons from this situation and do a better job in the future.

Honestly, I hold no ill will for a company that decides to follow through on a contract breach or break. It is your right as the parent company and as it was their decision to have broken the contract if that is how it came about. After reading Scott’s blog, that is apparently the sum of it.

You are getting the ‘abuse’, because you weren’t honest with your customers. By doing so, you went beyond alienating the listeners of this particular show, but most likely also lost listeners of other TPN programming. Think about it; how many customers stick around after being, for all intense and purposes, lied to?

-ron (@ronbrinkmann)

At first you said that the last episode wasn’t up to your ‘quality standards,’ but now you are saying that the guys lost the ‘rights to TPN’s platform’ because they broke the contract. I don’t mean to rush to conclusions, but it seems that you are not completely forth coming here.

Honestly, from reading your explanations and responses above, it seems like there was some kind of fall out between your self and the guys. It appears that (rightly or not) you decided to pull the plug on the show and now rather that being up front about it, you tried to blow us off with smoke. I don’t think that many of the community/forum members here think for a second that you pulled the last show due to ‘quality’ issues. I’d like to give you the benefit of the doubt, but this smacks of a pissing contest. If that’s the case, even the winner loses.

Even if you are justified in pulling the plug on Scott and Michael, you owe it to us, the fans and community that supports you, to give it to us straight.

I didn’t hear any abuse. We as listeners are just a little upset and have questions. Months back you had issues and instead of dumping the show we hung in there. We did because we liked your host. Without them you don’t have a show.

I for one will not listen to any of your podcasts. We have choices just like you do. It was your choice to dump Michael and Scott. It is my choice to replace your show on my iPod. You should let us hear show #98!

All the best,

Sean

I am not here to second-guess your business decisions, because you are justified in running your business model however you like. So, please take what I say now in the kindest of terms and not consider it abuse.

When the decision was made to part ways, for whatever reason, from looking at the show notes from over on Scott’s blog, it appears they did try to end things amicably on their end. From the TPN side, here is what viewers see:

Two talented podcasters produce 97 shows for you
When the split happens, they compile a 98th show to “Say Goodbye”.
It airs very briefly then is pulled without warning or any note as to what happened.
All comments are now moderated.
Long delays before postings
The site gown down or offline for several days
The last post seen before the site going offline is a statement from you that the show lacked “quality standards”.

From the uneducated observer, it would seem things in fact did not end as amicably as initial statements would have indicated. Clearly, one side was upset with the other. Which side decided to break contract is neither here nor there, and I can understand some hesitance at publishing a podcast after a break in relations happens because, after all, you owe them nothing.

But think of the downsides. As a result of your reluctance to air the last episode on the basis of “quality standards”, and then to take the page offline for a period of time, who knows how many RSS readers you’ve lost. Who knows how many TDPS listeners who didn’t know to go to Scott’s blog thought that things just ended? Who knows how many potential listeners to any replacement series you’ve lost. I am quite certain though that the other podcasters on your network have stood up and taken notice of what happens when people move on. That may put a bitter taste in their mouths too. For that matter, in this process you may have even lost any interest from someone in the audience who may have been interested in taking over the reins after seeing the rather cold approach you took to terminating the show.

But, as you said, the contract is broken, and you have every right to adhere to your business model. People like closure. People like to know at least a little bit of the why, when, and how info. Your initial post was well-worded and at least suggested an amicable parting of the ways, but the successive “recourse” you took, both in refusal to publish the last show or to offer any form of explanation has alienated many. If adherence to your business model is worth alienating that large a crowd, then more power to you.

My suspicion though is that TPN will not be the same hereafter.

Please rescind my audition tape for the host position of TDPS – I don’t think I want my name associated with that anymore given the baggage that will now always be associated given the handling here. Thanks.

Kind regards,

Jason Anderson

The show fell apart during your networks DDos attack or whatever you decided to tell us. You talked around that like we were two year olds and didn’t need to understand what was really wrong. I believe if you Cameron were forthright and honest the podcast would have survived and retained the relationship with the sponsors. So tell me how the TPN accommodated TDPS during your server attacks? A contract must show where you have to provide some stability as well, right?

The decision to part ways will probably result in a lose-lose for all parties involved. Excellent photography podcasts already exist with info about the latest info on the newest released products. The beauty of Scott and Michael was that the were just enthusiastic guys who talked about something they had a common interest in. They made some contacts along the way and it was that journey that made it interesting. Yes, the show was truly painful to listen to and yet I am sure that bringing them back would be a brilliant move, Cameron. Just my opinion. A lot of fans of the show are showing their displeasure of this move to cancel this show. It will stand to reason that you will not get the loyal fans back with new replacements. Get S & M on the phone and come to an agreement.

It’s your network though.

If the reasons for not airing the last episode were purely contractual – then why didn’t you say so in the first place.. It would have been as good a reason as any for not airing,. To just say it didn’t meet quality standards, was, quite frankly asking for comment from listeners as it sounded like a lame excuse.

I would have liked to hear them sign off – and surely if there was something controversial in their comments, you could have edited it…

Hey ho……. onwards and upwards…….

Thank you Cameron, Michael And Scott

I agree that it would be good to hear them sign off, but I guess they said something contraversial?????

That is truly sad in a community that is unusually friendly.

Hell, even Don Imus was allowed to say farewell! If there were some serious technical issues that’s one thing, but to dismiss show 98 on “quality standards”, well…
’nuff said.

It would nice to have closure from Scott and Michael and to transition to the new hosts. This abrupt end leaves a a bad taste of something ugly behind the scenes. Can’t the podcasting world be nicer than other ones? Anyway, I have loved the show from the beginning, but if this is the way things happen at this network, I won’t tune in any longer.

The show was best when discussion (duh!) photography related topics, and I would find myself skipping through lengthy uninteresting ramblings to get to the “good stuff”.

This should not be taken as a personal slam; the show was what it was, and overall it was informative. Just saying my personal preference would be for a more scripted and controlled flow.

Thanks,

ejd

Whatever the reason for the split, consider this event impacts not just you or the previous hosts; consider it impacts the fans as well.

I can’t imagine a quality issue that would trump the right of the fans/listeners to hear, if they so choose, the farewell episode.

Personally, I would probably skip it, but then I don’t have the emotional tie-in many fans seems to have. If you want us, me at least, to believe this show if for the fans, set aside whatever high standards you claim for the podcast, and acknowledge the human side of the equation.

Thank you,

ejd

What a bummer to hear Scout and Michael are leaving. I hear there is an episode 98 where the Dynamic Duo (Scott & Michael) sign-off? Please consider making Episode 98 available for all of us listeners!

-Harve-

To Scott & Michael:

“Happy Trails” amigos! Thanks for all your time and hardwork you put into the show. You will be missed.