Podango Going Out…

If you are using PodPress to manage your podcast inside of hosting audio files so none of my clients are utilizing this, and all have done well w/ our managed hosting services for holding their audio data.

Podcast hosting didn’t look to be a fruitful business even at the start of the year: now, as the year end approaches and amid economic turmoil, podcast host Podango is waving the flag of surrender. Based on this ominous announcement emailed to Podango’s customers this weekend, the company might not even make it to ring in the New Year:

We at Podango believe that you, our customers, are our most valuable asset. Given this belief, we have always done our best to be honest and forthright in our dealings with you. The current uncertainties of the financial market has affected many of us in this nation. As of this morning, Podango is no longer immune to it’s effects. Our ability to continue operations past the end of this year (2008) is in question. We do not want any of you, or any of your shows to be negatively affected by this uncertainty and so we are encouraging you to begin taking all necessary steps to secure your data or begin moving to another hosting provider. On Monday we will have a more definitive direction. As of today, the last day to move or secure your data is December 31st. RSS feeds will need to be redirected by this date as well. It is our hope that the events of the next few days will allow us to continue providing you a service based upon a subscription fee. Again, we will know more on Monday and you will be notified of any changes to the above plan as soon as we are made aware of them. We do apologize for the short notice during a time when many of you are very busy, and didn’t plan on spending this much time on your shows.

We will have a link in the My Podango section of the Podcasters login page by Monday which will allow you to redirect your RSS feed off of the Podango feed to a new feed. Instructions will accompany that tool. Also on Monday we will provide you with alternatives for show hosting.

Inactive accounts, those without recent uploads or downloads, may be already been deleted from the system. If you need to contact us, please use [email protected].

Again I personally apologize for this notice of caution. We truly appreciate your business.

Doug

Douglas G. Smith
President – Podango

Unfortunately the Podango homepage lacks appropriate information for users, but as the announcement details, Podango users need to act fast, with the last day to move data and redirected feeds being New Years Eve. If this announcement directly affects you, make sure to login to your account to access the “My Podango” page, and get a move on it!

Podango Won’t Make It to 2009 and Neither Will Your Data