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Hannity blog: Y'all gotta pay

raccoonradio

raccoonradio

Radio Equalizer about Sean Hannity's new blog. It'll cost ya. Poor guy, he must have a tough time living on that multi-million-dollar salary. :) (I like SH
but $6? No way!)

http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2005/06/hannity-to-launch-new-blog.html

excerpt:
So Sean Hannity's announcement of his new "HanniBlog", probably would have been looked upon the same way, except for one small detail: it's for subscribers only.

According to Perry Michael Simon of radio industry publication All Access, to read Hannity's blog, you must shell out the cash. Only "Hannity Insider" subscribers will have access to it. That costs $5.95 per month.
 
> Radio Equalizer about Sean Hannity's new blog. It'll cost
> ya. Poor guy, he must have a tough time living on that
> multi-million-dollar salary. :) (I like SH
> but $6? No way!)
>
Some one posted earlier on another thread that Hannity was "like a regular guy". well this is a show of ego at its worst im afraid. He certainly has a right to charge but who would pay unless you are a rabid fan? It will be very interesting to follow how many people are that "nutz" to flash Hannity 6 bucks...
 
Just about everybody in the biz who has a web presence has a "premium service", like Rush 24/7 or O'Reilly. Its really nothing new. The option is not to buy it.


> > Radio Equalizer about Sean Hannity's new blog. It'll cost
> > ya. Poor guy, he must have a tough time living on that
> > multi-million-dollar salary. :) (I like SH
> > but $6? No way!)
> >
> Some one posted earlier on another thread that Hannity was
> "like a regular guy". well this is a show of ego at its
> worst im afraid. He certainly has a right to charge but who
> would pay unless you are a rabid fan? It will be very
> interesting to follow how many people are that "nutz" to
> flash Hannity 6 bucks...
>
<P ID="signature">______________
"You can't say 'moron' on the radio, you can only say 'moron' on television"...FCC official on an episode of "The Fairly Oddparents" which my son watches</P>
 
Hannity, Limbaugh, Ingraham, and several other talkers have special
"insider" deals which allow their fans to download their shows--and,
as we see with Hannity, get things like blogs. (And for years Limbaugh
has charged for "the Limbaugh Letter").

Exactly, you'd have to be a rabid fan to pay...though as I understand it
the $6 is part of the "Hannity Insider" deal so it's not just the blog.
If it were the blog only for $6 it would be really outrageous. But yes
it's ego-run-wild time.

I forget SH's exact salary but I think he signed a renewal deal that
was something like $5 million a yr for 5 years. He does make a lot of
money for ABC. As for the "regular guy" bit, he does mention on air
that in his early days it was "drive a cheap car, live on macaroni
and cheese" but these days of course it's "champagne wishes and caviar
dreams" for him (that Robin Leach impression he'd do when talking
about Kerry's wishes). Not that he mentions THAT part!

Again if the $6 is for the blog only that would really be insane. Including
the download capability is at least partial justification (helps his
site pay for bandwith?) but in all seriousness I'd think that they
could put the blog AND downloading capability on the site for FREE
and still not exactly be in the poorhouse!

> Some one posted earlier on another thread that Hannity was
> "like a regular guy". well this is a show of ego at its
> worst im afraid. He certainly has a right to charge but who
> would pay unless you are a rabid fan? It will be very
> interesting to follow how many people are that "nutz" to
> flash Hannity 6 bucks...
>
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by raccoonradio on 06/10/05 02:31 PM.</FONT></P>
 
> Just about everybody in the biz who has a web presence has a
> "premium service", like Rush 24/7 or O'Reilly. Its really
> nothing new. The option is not to buy it.
>
Sure, for streaming or a magazine, but for a blog??
 
> > Just about everybody in the biz who has a web presence has
> a
> > "premium service", like Rush 24/7 or O'Reilly. Its really
> > nothing new. The option is not to buy it.
> >
> Sure, for streaming or a magazine, but for a blog??
>

Gee, let me pay to read the same thing I'm sure I'm hearing on the radio. And it's not like I'm hearing anything entertaining on the radio.

Unless the blog includes lots of "LOLZ" and "Dean SUXXORS" and "Bush is L33t." Then maybe...nahhh, still wouldn't.

Ok, maybe if you could show me a post about the fact Cavuto got the big sitdown with Bush.
=======================
time: 12:43 am
music: tie a yellow ribbon on repeat
emotion: :( sad

It totally droolz that Cavvie got to get close of up with Big Daddy Prez. If I was there doing my Clinton impression, Pres would totally be ROFL!!! Instead, I'm stuck with ol' Dick again. At least he kinda let us talk to folks at Centcom, but then he told us to keep our radio show down, he was trying to take a nap. Yeah, like teh great AMERICANS can keep quiet like that! Marty could totally kick his butt.

Anyways, I'm out. PEACE IN DA MIDDLE EAST!
=======================

That might be worth six bucks.
 
> Unless the blog includes lots of "LOLZ" and "Dean SUXXORS"
> and "Bush is L33t." Then maybe...nahhh, still wouldn't.
>
> Ok, maybe if you could show me a post about the fact Cavuto
> got the big sitdown with Bush.
> =======================
> time: 12:43 am
> music: tie a yellow ribbon on repeat
> emotion: :( sad
>
> It totally droolz that Cavvie got to get close of up with
> Big Daddy Prez. If I was there doing my Clinton impression,
> Pres would totally be ROFL!!! Instead, I'm stuck with ol'
> Dick again. At least he kinda let us talk to folks at
> Centcom, but then he told us to keep our radio show down, he
> was trying to take a nap. Yeah, like teh great AMERICANS
> can keep quiet like that! Marty could totally kick his
> butt.
>
> Anyways, I'm out. PEACE IN DA MIDDLE EAST!
> =======================
>
> That might be worth six bucks.

Yeah, I'd pay for that :-D Seriously, even if Sean just did one post like that, I'd pay six bucks just to see it!

I'm a big Hannity fan, and I'd pay for the subscription if I had the money in my budget to do so, but I unfortunately don't. But hey, it's called Capitalism, folks. It's how our economy works. If people are willing to pay for it, let 'em.<P ID="signature">______________
"Get educated. Read stuff on the web and believe all of it."
-- Phil Hendrie</P>
 
his wife is a spendaholic like rush's third ex-wife....so he needs the bucks...his wife doesn't go on the road wife him...Ronald Reagon was america's first divorced president....and Hannity says he is a "reagan republican"...maybe he'll follow in his idol's footsteps...
 
Hannity charging for blog? Bad move I say.

<font color=red>Edit: after posting this, I found out that it's not actually $5 per month just for his blog. It's $5.95 per month to join his "Insiders" club which includes commercial-free podcasts, other sound files plus access to special features on his website including the blog.<font color=black>

<div align="justify">"Some one posted earlier on another thread that Hannity was "like a regular guy". well this is a show of ego at its worst im afraid."

Is there anyone on this board who wouldn't charge for his or her blog if people would pay?

I don't think it's ego but I do think he's getting bad business advice. If they're just looking at the monthly P&L it makes perfect sense. Expenses are so low, they can't help but make money. The problem is, I think it hurts his image; his brand if you will. Average Joes who listen faithfully in their 6 year old Chevys during their afternoon commute, watch him on Fox and visit his website will look at this and feel that he's no longer one of them. Logically, there's nothing wrong with it but it just looks bad to me.

5 bucks a month is not much money in absolute dollars, but when you consider you can get <u>a year of Wall Street Journal Online</u> for $79 it doesn't seem like you get much.

Limbaugh charges but he's been doing it for a long time and besides doesn't have the same "everyman" image. Even then, he only charges $60 per year for <u>both</u> his premium web service and the newsletter together. And even then they were wise enough not to charge extra for the new podcasts. I can't think of any reason except he knew it would leave a bad taste in people's mouths if they had to pay on top of what they are already paying. (Man, that must be profitable though!)<P ID="signature">______________
"If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague." - Oscar Wilde</P>
 
Re: Hannity charging for blog? Bad move I say.

I think the $5 covers not just the blog but access to his show for downloading, etc. But i would make the blog free and put a couple ads on it. Paying for a lil' ol' blog? I could maybe see the $5 for helping to pay downloading/streamcasting costs...unless they're just using it as a way to get more people to pay that $5.
"If you subscribe you'll ALSO get exclusive access to the Hanni-blog!" NOW how much would you pay!

I could set up a blog for Hannity fans where people could post their OWN
opinions and responses to them (though technically the messageboard at hannity.com does that already) and not charge for it. But no, Sean's opinions are so
valuable that you gotta pay, eh.
 
Re: Hannity charging for blog? Bad move I say.

<div align="justify">"I think the $5 covers not just the blog but access to his show for downloading, etc. But i would make the blog free and put a couple ads on it. Paying for a lil' ol' blog? I could maybe see the $5 for helping to pay downloading/streamcasting costs...unless they're just using it as a way to get more people to pay that $5. "If you subscribe you'll ALSO get exclusive access to the Hanni-blog!" NOW how much would you pay!"

I just went to hannity.com and checked. Yep, it includes the podcasts. That changes everything. I took the original post at face value which was that they want $5 to access the blog. That's technically true (actually it's $5.95) but leaves out so much as to be (unintentionally) misleading. $6 a month for a commercial free podcast is a good deal for a P1. Limbaugh's podcasts are 36 minutes of programming when the spots etc are left out. Assuming Hannity's are about the same, that's an hour and 12 minutes a day of commercials, promos, and other programming features they don't have to sit through to get to their favorite show. Times 22 weekdays per month (approximately) that's over 26 hours per month. It's not for everyone, but for the dedicated listener, well worth it. Yeah, it's not live, but neither is his show on my local affiliate. In fact, you could here it sooner via his podcast than you can on his local affiliate. They don't start his show here until 8pm.

It's one thing to say "Hannity wants $5 for his blog" and another to say he wants $5.95 per month to be a "Hannity Insider" which entitles you to commercial free podcasts, other sound files, and access to special features of the website including the blog. Also, it's month-to-month with the first 30 days free whether you stick around after that or not. If it were me, I'd have a free blog to draw listeners in and have a better shot at converting them to Insiders. But what do I know? He's managed his career pretty well so far without any help from me!<P ID="signature">______________
"If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague." - Oscar Wilde</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Jerry Stevens on 06/12/05 05:27 AM.</FONT></P>
 
Re: Hannity charging for blog? Bad move I say.

yup--when I did orig post I think I had just read the Radio Eq. piece and it didn't mention that the $6 included the "Hannity Insider" download capability--and when I posted a bit further down, I did mention that. So I guess it's something to help draw subscribers to Hannity insider. maybe he can do an edited version of
the blog on his site and tell people "that's a sample--for more, subscribe to the Hannity insider and get the full blog PLUS of course downloading capability"
 
Re: Hannity charging for blog? Bad move I say.

I am really disappointed with you conservatives. How can you object to the workings of the marketplace? This is nothing more than the free enterprise system at work. Besides I understand that Hannity's wife is shoppaholic. Maybe his $5 million dollar a year salary is not enough.

> yup--when I did orig post I think I had just read the Radio
> Eq. piece and it didn't mention that the $6 included the
> "Hannity Insider" download capability--and when I posted a
> bit further down, I did mention that. So I guess it's
> something to help draw subscribers to Hannity insider. maybe
> he can do an edited version of
> the blog on his site and tell people "that's a sample--for
> more, subscribe to the Hannity insider and get the full blog
> PLUS of course downloading capability"
 
Re: Hannity charging for blog? Bad move I say.

<font color=brown><div align="justify">"I am really disappointed with you conservatives. How can you object to the workings of the marketplace? This is nothing more than the free enterprise system at work. Besides I understand that Hannity's wife is shoppaholic. Maybe his $5 million dollar a year salary is not enough."<font color=black>

There are no conservatives left on this board. We ran them all off.<P ID="signature">______________
"If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague." - Oscar Wilde</P>
 
Re: Hannity charging for blog? Bad move I say.

>
> I just went to hannity.com and checked. Yep, it includes the
> podcasts. That changes everything. I took the original post
> at face value which was that they want $5 to access the
> blog. That's technically true (actually it's $5.95) but
> leaves out so much as to be (unintentionally) misleading.

Think the point is the blog should be part of the free site.
 
Re: Hannity charging for blog? Bad move I say.

> Besides I understand that Hannity's wife is shoppaholic.
> Maybe his $5 million dollar a year salary is not enough.

<FONT COLOR="RED">What is this all about? Keep away from the attacks.

(That goes for EVERYONE, not just BAROOOS.)</FONT><P ID="signature">______________
</P>
 
Re: Hannity charging for blog? Bad move I say.

Don't people pay around $19.95 for Limbaugh's premium service?


> Edit: after posting this, I found out that it's not actually
> $5 per month just for his blog. It's $5.95 per month to join
> his "Insiders" club which includes commercial-free podcasts,
> other sound files plus access to special features on his
> website including the blog.
>
> "Some one posted earlier on another thread that Hannity was
> "like a regular guy". well this is a show of ego at its
> worst im afraid."
>
> Is there anyone on this board who wouldn't charge for his or
> her blog if people would pay?
>
> I don't think it's ego but I do think he's getting bad
> business advice. If they're just looking at the monthly P&L
> it makes perfect sense. Expenses are so low, they can't help
> but make money. The problem is, I think it hurts his image;
> his brand if you will. Average Joes who listen faithfully in
> their 6 year old Chevys during their afternoon commute,
> watch him on Fox and visit his website will look at this and
> feel that he's no longer one of them. Logically, there's
> nothing wrong with it but it just looks bad to me.
>
> 5 bucks a month is not much money in absolute dollars, but
> when you consider you can get a year of Wall Street Journal
> Online for $79 it doesn't seem like you get much.
>
> Limbaugh charges but he's been doing it for a long time and
> besides doesn't have the same "everyman" image. Even then,
> he only charges $60 per year for both his premium web
> service and the newsletter together. And even then they were
> wise enough not to charge extra for the new podcasts. I
> can't think of any reason except he knew it would leave a
> bad taste in people's mouths if they had to pay on top of
> what they are already paying. (Man, that must be profitable
> though!)
>
<P ID="signature">______________
"You can't say 'moron' on the radio, you can only say 'moron' on television"...FCC official on an episode of "The Fairly Oddparents" which my son watches</P>
 
Re: Hannity charging for blog? Bad move I say.

<div align="justify"><font color=brown>"Don't people pay around $19.95 for Limbaugh's premium service?"<font color=black>

There is a monthly option of Rush 24/7 but it's only $6.95, not $19.00. There are various options. The one I cited, 60 bucks for both his premium service (which includes podcasts) and his monthly newsletter, is in bold below as copied and pasted from his website. A two year subscription is $48 per year for both: <ul>
Current Offers
Order now - 3 FREE Bonus gifts
[*]"Limbaugh on Liberty" special report and screensaver & "Why the Blue States don't get the Red States" report.
[*]Save 30% on combined subscription
52 weeks of RUSH 24/7 and 12 monthly issues of The Limbaugh Letter only $59.90.
[*]BEST DEAL - Save 20% more on 2 Years!
104 weeks of Rush 24/7 and 24 issues of The Limbaugh Letter only $95.90.<P ID="signature">______________
"If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague." - Oscar Wilde</P>
 
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