A group of young people from West Lothian (in Scotland) have won a national podcasting competition. The Free Ears team’s “Just Listen” podcast is aimed at raising awareness of mental health issues among young people. The group was selected by judges from Young Scot, BT and Talk 107, and the youngsters will visit the radio […]

Canadian business and financial news source Financial Post annouced today the launch of the Financial Post Daily Podcast, a concise summary of the day’s business and financial news, published at the start of the business day. The podcast is the latest in a series of new and enhanced offerings at financialpost.com, to coincide with the […]

Melodeo, Inc. today announced the availability of ‘Mobilcast Hi-fi’ to wireless operators. Mobilcast Hi-fi is a new patent-pending, low-bandwidth, hi-fidelity version of their industry-leading Mobilcast mobile entertainment service. Mobilcast Hi-fi allows wireless operators to offer hi-fidelity music and audio programs over existing mobile networks using standard codecs. Mobilcast Hi-fi automatically adapts to different phones and […]

Gay rapper QBoy (“like Eminem but less camp,” according to accolades on his website) will be introducing two podcasts for Channel 4 that offer support and advice to gay teenagers. The podcasts, which are part of Channel 4’s gay teen Sexuality Awareness week, will focus on the issues of coming out. The first will discuss […]

Veteran broadcaster, musician and jazz afficionado Jason Crane has announced the launch of The Jazz Session, a weekly interview program with jazz personalities. The first episode features an interview with saxophonist Grant Stewart. Crane promises upcoming interviews with Bob Sneider, The Respect Sextet, and Pat LaBarbera. Crane also writes about jazz at All About Jazz […]

BCS, the 58,000-member “professional body for those working in IT,” today announced the debut of its podcast, the charmingly titled oddIT. The weekly podcast discusses interesting, funny, and strange IT stories from recent headlines. “Listen to the podcast in its pre-award winning days,” quipped managing editor Brian Runciman. “The idea is to show that IT […]

Winners of a Canadian national video podcast competition have been announced. First place went to students from St. Jospeh Catholic High School in Ottawa (Ontario). Three students from Argyle Alternative High School in Winnipeg (Manitoba)¬† have won second and third place. The contest, organized by the Media Awareness Network, was designed to help young people […]

College admissions testing concern ACT has recently debuted a podcast for high school students and their families. The Prep Talk podcast section of the “ACT Student Blog” covers a variety of college planning topics. The latest podcast, about financial aid, features Cathy Wilcox, Senior Associate Director in the Office of Student Financial Aid at the […]

Hosts of the London, U.K., Corporate Podcasting Summit have commissioned a 3-part podcast series on the value and application of podcasting. Presented by yada yada productions, the podcasts feature contributions from Simon Waldman, Head of Digital Strategy at the Guardian Media Group, Adam Rutherford, web editor at Nature.com and Steve Olechowski, Co-Founder and Chief Operating […]

Northern Voice, the Canadian personal blogging conference, just wrapped up at the University of British Columbia over the weekend. For this third edition of the annual gathering, an estimated 300 participants met for one day of “MooseCamp“, a BarCamp- unconference- Open Space workshop, followed by Saturday’s more traditional conference offerings. The blogging conference was held […]