Rio Zhan's guest appearances

Rio Zhan

China Tech Talk

Kaiser Kuo

Andrew Polk

Jeffrey Ding

Shlomo Freund

Steve Hoffman

Michael Norris

Shai Oster

Bernard Leong

Jon Russell

Wang Boyuan

Shadma Shaikh

Heatherm Huang

Liza Lin

Thomas Graziani

Josh Gartner

OwlTail

At the end of 2018, Connie Chan of Andreesen Horowitz, wrote about how podcasts in China monetize. However, what she calls podcasts aren't really what we call podcasts: they're more like paid-for educational audio content. Podcasting, like what we do at China Tech Talk, is actually still very immature in China. But that doesn't mean there aren't content creators following the "traditional" podcasting model. To talk about this, we're joined this week by Rio Zhan, early stage VC and host of the Crazy Capital podcast. We share notes on podcasting and talk about how China's content models have evolved away from the open web. Key questions  Why is the China market different for audio content? Why is the open web almost non-existent in China? What role does culture play in creating acceptance of paying for content? How might Facebook's Libra enable monetization for Western podcasts?  Links  Crazy Capital (in Chinese) Outgrowing Advertising: Multimodal Business Models as a Product Strategy The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet WeChat Conference: CHina CHat 2019! Become a member of TechNode Squared  Guest  Rio Zhan, @RioJot  Hosts   John Artman, @knowsnothing, TechNode Matthew Brennan, @MattyBGoooner, ChinaChannel  Editor  Peter Isachenko  Podcast information   iTunes Spotify RSS feed Music: "Theme from Penguins on Parade" by Lee Rosevere, Music for Podcasts 3

At the end of 2018, Connie Chan of Andreesen Horowitz, wrote about how podcasts in China monetize. However, what she calls podcasts aren't really what we call podcasts: they're more like paid-for educational audio content. Podcasting, like what we do at China Tech Talk, is actually still very immature in China. But that doesn't mean there aren't content creators following the "traditional" podcasting model. To talk about this, we're joined this week by Rio Zhan, early stage VC and host of the Crazy Capital podcast. We share notes on podcasting and talk about how China's content models have evolved away from the open web. Key questions <ul> <li>Why is the China market different for audio content?</li> <li>Why is the open web almost non-existent in China?</li> <li>What role does culture play in creating acceptance of paying for content?</li> <li>How might Facebook's Libra enable monetization for Western podcasts?</li> </ul> Links <ul> <li><a href="https://crazy.capital/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crazy Capital</a> (in Chinese)</li> <li><a href="https://a16z.com/2018/12/07/when-advertising-isnt-enough-multimodal-business-models-product-strategy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Outgrowing Advertising: Multimodal Business Models as a Product Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet</a></li> <li><a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e4l99f/metadata/WeChat%20Conference:%20CHina%20CHat%202019!" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WeChat Conference: CHina CHat 2019!</a></li> <li><a href="https://technode.com/become-a-member/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Become a member of TechNode Squared</a></li> </ul> Guest <ul> <li>Rio Zhan, <a href="https://twitter.com/riojot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RioJot</a></li> </ul> Hosts <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jartman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Artman</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/knowsnothing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@knowsnothing</a>, <a href="http://technode.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TechNode</a></li> <li><a href="https://cn.linkedin.com/in/matthew-brennan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matthew Brennan</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/MattyBGooner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@MattyBGoooner,</a> <a href="http://chinachannel.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ChinaChannel</a></li> </ul> Editor <ul> <li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/wisteriavines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Isachenko</a></li> </ul> Podcast information <ul> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/cn/podcast/china-tech-talk/id1228528520?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a></li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0fq7g5CObw066wSuL3FHjw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a></li> <li><a href="http://chinatechtalk.libsyn.com/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed</a></li> <li>Music: "Theme from Penguins on Parade" by <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lee Rosevere</a>, <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_For_Podcasts_3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Music for Podcasts 3</a></li></ul>

83: Podcasting and why the open web is dead in China with Rio Zhan