PodcastOne Demands Stitcher Removes its Shows
| RADIO ONLINE | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
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PodcastOne has issued a demand to Stitcher, recently acquired by Deezer, to cease distribution of programming produced by PodcastOne or shows that the company has the exclusive sales rights to. PodcastOne says that "following reasonable efforts to settle the issue amicably, Stitcher continues to sell and distribute programming without the proper rights, consent and compensation PodcastOne and its talent are due." PodcastOne programs can be accessed legally at www.PodcastOne.com or via the PodcastOne app, and ad placement can only be purchased through PodcastOne.
PodcastOne notes that it has "repeatedly tried to work with Stitcher, and requested the removal of programming without verbal or written consent to distribute, in addition to the discontinuance of video ads as post, pre-roll and pop-ups attributed to these podcasts." However, Stitcher is allegedly making PodcastOne programming available on the home screen of their app to listeners who are already "following" the programs.
Affected PodcastOne programs include Adam Carolla, Clark Howard, Dan Patrick, Carcast, The Dr. Drew Podcast, Rich Eisen, Yahoo! Sports Radio, Barstool Sports' #Mailtime and KFC Radio, Loveline, Adam & Drew, Ace On The House, Alison Rosen, Penn Jillette, This Week with Larry Miller, Jay Mohr, Afterbuzz, Steve Austin, Chris Jericho, Ross Tucker, Schmoes Know Movies, Film Vault and If I Were You among others.
PodcastOne Chairman/CEO commented Norm Pattiz, "In some cases, Stitcher has absolutely no rights to carry our programs, and in others, no rights to sell or monetize our exclusively represented content in any way. This has been an ongoing problem, and enough is enough. You can't just steal content without permission. Podcasting is breaking through big time, not only with consumers but with advertisers as well. I see new players coming into the market, all touting technology that will allow them to grab podcasts for their subscribers. Let this be a message -- make sure you have secured the rights from content suppliers before you distribute programing you don't have the rights to."
