Split from Erklaren?

[Nonya]

First, I'd like to say hello to all the J-Pod staff and members of this forum. I'm still pretty new at Japanese, and these podcasts are wonderful. ^_~

Well, I've been jumping back and forth from the older and newer lessons, and I noticed that in the newer ones Peter no longer says his bit about being sponsored by Erklaren (for all your translation and interpretation needs. ). So, I just wondered if J-Pod had split from the company in the last few years?

Thanks for your time. =D

[markystar]

they don't sponsor us per se anymore, but e have a very close relationship with erklaren. for starters, we share an office with them (or rather, we're taking over their office - lol). natsuko and sakura are full time employees of erklaren, but they let us borrow them from time to time. when erklaren has a party, we also join in.