Buzz Out Loud Lounge forum: Buzz Out Loud (BOL) vs Tech News Today (TNT)

They haven't stripped him of his staff icon yet, either, although I don't know whether the software would enforce that change retroactively on older posts or not.

The bol.cnet.com site has been updated to reflect the new changes, but the forum, as I understand it, has always been run by Cnet staffers outside of the BOL realm.

...if you search for cnet on the iTMS, TNT comes up with the other cnet podcasts.

I haven't listened to TNT yet, but everything Tom does in podcasting seems to take off.

Actually, won't listen to either on a regular basis, but will tune in from time to time. I have both on my itunes feed.

I have a limited time available for listening to podcasts (primarily my commuting time) and as the number of "unwatched" podcasts starts piling up, the stress to get it down to a manageable level becomes too much to handle. So, Tom moving out seemed a logical time to cut back.

Both I miss the rants on TNT though. http://www.usedconecrusher.com

After today's BOL, we will have a statistically large enough sample size of new BOL episodes. The same will happen with TNT on July 1st, and at that point we'll have seen enough to make non-hasty decisions.

That said, so far I strongly prefer TNT.

...I'd say TNT edges out. I listen to both regularly and will continue to do so, but Tom and Becky are a dynamite combo. Plus it seems a lot more informal despite not being derailed like BOL can be at times.

I dunno. It seems like BOL has gotten highly opinionated since Tom left. The Facebook thing is a prime example.

I too am listening to both. I really liked the chemistry between Molly and Tom, and both are suffering without it. However, it seems BOL needs Tom more than TNT needs Molly. BOL is becoming very opinionated and inaccurate. The deep knowledge of nearly everything tech that Tom possesses is sorely missed on BOL. The current hosts simply are not informed and often are giving incorrect, biased, sensationalized information. I miss Tom's evenhandedness and knowledge, and while Molly is doing an admirable job of trying to replace that, she doesn't seem to have the same abilities.

It's sad because I loved BOL, and miss Molly's rants and input on TNT. At this point though, I think BOL may lose me after all of this time.

They didn't really steal it. I'm sure a good bit of TNT listeners are also BOL listeners.

Maybe they'll get their own "catchphrase" at some point though

Where did the idea of multiple ads come from? I guess you could say it has multiple advertisement slots for the some company (one short one at the start and then a longer one in the middle), but the one at the start seems too short to count as a real ad.

Maybe I'm caught up too caught up in the TWiT Universe but TWiT's ads seem fine, although frankly BOL's one ad are at times shorter than the 'tease ad' at the start of TWiT programs.

At least that's the way it was today - ironic both podcasts had ads for competing car companies. Go Ford over Infinity.

TWiT commercials last forever. I appreciate BOL's condensed ads. I remember more of BOL-style ads than the TWiT style of ads that feel like a drag.

I've listened to TWiT a couple of times, but even without Tom I still prefer BOL. I like entertainment value with my tech news. If you want facts and information, you might be better off with TNT. It's almost as if Buzz Out Loud is a cross-breed between The 404 and TNT...

Currently I'm listening to both, but I'm not sure what I will do if (when?) there isn't time to listen to TNT and BOL. I think Rafe is doing fine and working well with Molly - the basic formula still works. TNT is still finding its feet for me, not too sure about Becky myself, but it's doing a slightly different job in that it's more tightly focused on the news than so much giving opinions or flipping off at tangents. I find BOL the more entertaining show to listen to, TNT the more informative - I just haven't worked out yet whether I am more into the entertainment than the news!

I've been trying to listen to both. It's a lot of tech news, and I'm not sure how long I can continue to do so. My impression so far is that both podcasts aren't as good as the old BOL with Tom and Molly. It's a shame they broke up, but I guess nothing lasts forever. I started out pretty high on TNT.

Like Becky Worley - she has a lot of useful information and does some reporting. Lately, however, Sarah Lane has been on instead. She tends to talk over everyone (I think she's working on it), and is strictly opinion. Hope there's more Becky and less Sarah. It makes for a better podcast.

Loved the Tom/Molly combo. But BOL is probably better than I thought it would be after Tom left...
TNT hasn't drawn me in completely. I find myself stopping the episode before it finishes, usually because one of the girl's voices begins to annoy me. I wish Veronica could replace them permanently.
Commercial spots are quite tolerable on BOL.
For now, BOL is still a listening habit and I'm trying to include a little TNT, but there are only so many listening hours in a day!