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  Did Chris McIntyre Sell Out PodCast Alley ? Here is another "You almost heard it here first"....

According to Mac World UK PodCast Alley was sold to PodShow.

Podshow is one of the brainchild companies of Adam Curry, a former VJ for MTV, but best know to podcast enthusiasts as the host of Daily Source Code. Adam started the company with Ron Bloom.

Adam Curry is a podcast pioneer and is one of the people responsible for the progress that podcasting has seen in the past year...

What does this mean?

Well... PodCast Alley, one of the best FREE online portals/directories for Podcasts on the Internet, has been sold for an as yet undisclosed figure (PodShow recently recieved just shy of 9 million dollars in capital venture) to a company that was built to commercialize podcasting.

Not that we completely disagree with some commercialization. There are plenty of great podcasts out there and we think that their creators should be making some money for what they do...

We are just not sure how we feel about this takeover yet... We have our fingers crossed that PodShow will keep to the spirit of what PodCast Alley was all about and continue offering a good PodCasting resource!

Maybe they can even do something about how slow PodCast Alley has been loading lately...

Tell us what you think...

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More Info:

Marshall's Web Tool Blog
The Empire Expands: Podshow Starts Acquisitions!
We'll see how well they scale up to a large number of users. They have boatloads of money, but if money was all it took, then Technorati would load in a hurry.

PaidContent.org
PodShow Acquires Podcast Alley
Adam Curry and Ron Bloom's PodShow has made its first acquisition -- and it's an acq-hire: podcast directory Podcast Alley and founder Chris McIntyre. No terms but the deal is worth enough to get McIntyre to move from Nashville...Tracked: September 6, 2005 05:49 PM

Rexblog
Nashville-based Podcast Alley acqhired
Nashville's PodCast Alley acqhired: According to SiliconBeat , Nashville-based Podcast Alley and its founder, Chris McIntyre, have been acq-hired by Adam Curry and Ron Bloom's PodShow , its first acquisition since receiving $8.5 million in first round VC Tracked: September 6, 2005 06:54 PM   ¶ 11:15