Like Craig mentioned, it's the data that matters. Vote with your feet. Don't like it, don't watch/listen. Move on. See if the next change is more to your liking. For now, this is what it is and they are making a go of it.
This reply is not intended to argue over the unsubscribe/don’t watch/listen, move on if one doesn’t like the new show format sentiment as I have unsubscribed.
My point is to highlight that being data driven does not exclude subjective use of the data to support one’s opinion. While unsubscribing/not watching/listening is the only way to register an ‘objective’ data point, I don’t see any number or change in subscriber/viewer numbers that would be a threshold for change if Pete is happy with the new show, which Craig has said he is.
- An increase in subscribers shows clear support.
- No change in subscribers also shows support for the new format. Either the subscribers to the old show format are ok with it and have stuck around (a vote of support), or the new format has attracted enough new subscribers to offset number of old listeners who left because of the format change (another vote of support).
- Even a significant loss of subscribers isn’t a reason to change the show’s format. I’m sure Pete would not like to see a drop in subscribers after this format change, but who would those former subscribers be? The overwhelming majority of them would be Disneylanders, the
Disneyland ‘local’, who are no longer the target audience of the new format. Their departure has no impact on the mission of the new format show. The subscriber base may be smaller than it was with the old format, but it will be composed of a much higher percentage of potential revenue generating customers for
Dreams Unlimited Travel. So in a round about way another ‘win’ for the new format.