Land’s End has invited Santa Claus to blog on their catalogue website. In addition to a scavenger hunt activity, photo contest, downloadable gift tags and story workshop, visitors can subscribe to the jolly old elf’s podcast. There is also a catchy holiday folk song, “Hi Santa,” that you can listen to here (MP3). Caveat listener, […]

From the Good Things Happening To Nice People We Know Department: Austin (Texas) musician and songwriter Jeffrye Tveraas has been producing a podcast for the last year. His Austin Connection podcast features some of the best songwriters in the Austin area performing their tunes and offers insight into their careers and music. “My own musical […]

As competition for listeners’ attention intensifies and time spent listening to radio continues to decline, how to stand out amid the many choices available? A panel of media research expertsat the Arbitron Consultants Fly-In held Thursday in Columbia, Md. insist that content is still king — but that broadcasters need to continue creating compelling content, […]

Sine Ministries, a California religious organization, is offering “The Story of the Messiah.” The story weaves significant events from the four Gospels into one tapestry telling the life story of Jesus, “the greatest life ever lived.” ‚Ä®‚Ä®The complete story is presented in 28 episodes that are each approximately 15 minutes. The podcast is available through […]

Eclectic local podcast New Orleans Podcasting calls itself “an uplifting smorgasbord of short audio interviews featuring an array of vital and interesting individuals”. It is the brainchild of Craig Kraemer of Kraemer Advertising, a New Orleans advertising agency. Although each guest has a different perspective on post-Katrina New Orleans, all share an unshakable faith in […]

Podango this week announced a partnership with podcaster Scott Bourne, who will be working with Podango as executive strategic advisor. “Scott is a recognized leader in the podcasting space and brings additional strength to the Podango team,” said Lee Gibbons, Podango CEO. “Scott has been in podcasting from the early days. His expertise will add […]

SearchforMedia Network, developer of video and audio search engine technologies, announced Tuesday the first phase of its international video podcast directory, www.searchforvideo.com. The video search engine offers users a means to find podcast content from a variety of countries and in a number of languages. “Searchforvideo currently offers a video podcast directory for English-language video […]

The music podcasting portal Divvycast has announced a content partnership agreement with digital music distribution company IRIS Distribution. The arrangement lets Divvycast tap into IRIS’s current roster of independent record labels to supply music content for the Divvycast Label Group. The Divvycast Label Group is a collective of independent record labels that can deliver advertising […]

Singapore-based radio network MediaCorp Radio has launched a new site to showcase its podcast content, and to feature user-submitted podcasts, Podcast.sg. Current podcasts include offerings from MediaCorp stations 987 FM, Malay “infotainment” station Warna 92.4 FM, RSI Chinese-language movie reviews (I had fun trying to make sense of the review of the new “Casino Royale” […]

Deloitte and Touche LLP, a worldwide accounting and management consulting firm, has a weekly audio business news podcast, Deloitte Insights, that delves into the business strategies that address the issues affecting industry. Topics such as accounting, audit, tax, finance, technology, risk management, governance and much more are discussed with some of the industries’ most experienced […]