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The Pomp Sponsorship Saga
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diff --git a/wiki/storylines/pomp-sponsorship-saga.md b/wiki/storylines/pomp-sponsorship-saga.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f7464356 @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +title: The Pomp Sponsorship Saga +type: storyline +status: confirmed +sources: + - raw/news/members-of-bitcoin-twitter-urge-antony-pompliano-to-resume-sponsorships-of-podcast.json +--- + +**The Pomp sponsorship saga** follows [[orgs/bitcoin-twitter|Bitcoin Twitter]]'s relationship with [[characters/anthony-pompliano|Anthony Pompliano]]'s podcast advertising — a cycle of outrage, renunciation, and outrage at the renunciation. + +## Beats + +1. **The renunciation and the petition (January 2023).** After backlash over sponsors that were filing bankruptcy and misleading customers, Pomp swears off sponsorships entirely. The community reverses: [[characters/cory-klippsten|Cory Klippsten]] reframes Pomp's ad reads as a public early-warning system ("a very good track record of supporting products that guarantee you to lose money"), and a petition to bring the ads back passes 20,000 signatures. Pomp stays silent, reportedly aware that all roads lead to backlash ([[news/members-of-bitcoin-twitter-urge-antony-pompliano-to-resume-sponsorships-of-podcast|Members Of Bitcoin Twitter Urge Pomp To Resume Sponsorships]]). + +## Cast + +- [[characters/anthony-pompliano|Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano]] — the sponsor-cursed podcaster +- [[characters/cory-klippsten|Cory Klippsten]] — chief reappraiser + +## Themes + +The podcast sponsorship economy as counterparty-risk oracle; Bitcoin Twitter's consensus reversals; damned-if-you-do media careers.