Free content pioneer Lawrence Lessig notes at his blog today that a US Federal Court has upheld open source licenses (pdf), helping to build a case history for Creative Commons licenses that are frequently used in new media: The Court has held that free licenses such as the CC licenses set conditions (rather than covenants) […]

PodCamp Philly, the second annual “unconference” style podcasting event, will be held Sept 6-7. PodCamp Philly topics will include blogging, podcasting, video-blogs, videos and social networking. Also, this year PodCamp Philly has teamed with SearchCamp Philly, a new unconference focused on helping small and medium sized businesses market themselves online. PodCamp Philly/SearchCamp Philly Details: Dates: […]

Best Buy announced today that it would be selling the Apple iPhone, starting on September 7th. It will be the first US chain, outside of Apple & AT&T, to carry the iPhone. The deal is significant for several reasons: The iPhone will be available in 1,000 new locations; It helps prepare Apple for carrier independence; […]

If you’re like me, you probably think that sitting through pre-roll ads – online video ads that you have to sit through before you can watch what you really want to see – is up there with getting your teeth drilled. In fact, a lot of people won’t sit through pre-roll ads. Three quarters of […]

Blubbry’s Todd Cochrane has introduced a new feature for podcasters, Custom HomePages for blubbry.: “The custom homepage looks like a regular weblog, and it has all the standard features you have come to expect from. We have 7 really cool templates designed by Brian our creative director to choose from, and if you don’t like […]

Citi analyst Mark Mahaney is bullish on the prospects for Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader. He estimates that Amazon (AMZN) will sell 378,000 units this year, double his initial guess. And he thinks instead of being a $750 million business that accounts for 3% of Amazon’s sales in 2009, the Kindle will be a $1.1 billion […]

Podcast hosting service Wizzard Software has announced its second quarter 2008 financial results. They report that revenues are up, expenses are down and losses are decreasing: Wizzard reports revenues for the second quarter of 2008 of $1,465,874, a 3% increase over revenues of $1,428,097 in the second quarter of 2007 Operating expenses totaled $2,159,433, which […]

Teens are skipping the Olympics this year.

Only 46 percent of teens surveyed by Harris Interactive showed any interest in watching the Olympics.

Here’s why.

MediaWeek reports that podcasters Gretchen Vogelzang and Paige Heninger, hosts of the successful MommyCast podcast, have made a deal with Media Rights Capital to produce at least 120 original video segment. Paul Vogelzang, the executive producer of MommyCast, says that they hope to reach a larger audience with the videos. “Video is more of a […]

Last week, while we were wondering whether NBC risked losing the online audience with all the barriers it puts in front of people wanting to watch the Olympics, everybody else seemed to be worried that NBC’s Olympic coverage might melt the Internet. Three days into the Olympics, the Internet hasn’t melted and it’s starting to […]