I’m a big fan of Apple TV – but it’s going to be a hard sell unless Apple gets more studios on board and builds up a library of long-tail content. Apple TV & iTunes currently offer less than 1,000 movies  – or about 89,900 less than Netflix: The version of the iTunes Store reachable […]

It’s tax day in the US, and it looks like that’s not the only bad news. Here are a few news items related to new media that aren’t exactly making my day: Twitter is adding advertising. Would you like spam with that tweet? Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” motto is sort of optional; they run new […]

eMusic, the world’s second-largest digital music service after iTunes, today announced that it has sold more than 200 million downloads since establishing its current subscription model in November 2003. The total comprises music downloads sold in the U.S. and the E.U., where eMusic has been available in all 27 E.U. nations since September 2006. The […]

PodCamp South Africa – a free podcasting unconference – will be held this weekend. Here are the details: Date Saturday, 19 April 2008 Time 09:00 to 17:00. Venue Orangia Bowling Club, 8 At Horak Avenue, Bloemfontein Cost FREE, verniet, niks, mahala! What to bring Your laptop, video cameras, digital cameras, audio gear or anything else […]

The latest PodCamp podcasting unconference will be held Saturday, April 19, 2008 in DC. Here are the details: Date Saturday, April 19, 2008 Time 9:00 am ET – 11:00 pm ET Location Art Institute of Washington/ Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre 1820 Fort Meyer Drive Arlington , VA 22209 Map Google | Yahoo | Mapquest | Microsoft […]

Darren Rouse at Problogger has declared it Blogger Appreciation Day: On the spur of the moment this morning I declared it Blogger Appreciation day and asked readers to email another blogger to let them know that you appreciate something about them. I also suggested that you could also write a post with your words of […]

While mainstream coverage may not reflect it yet, podcasting is rapidly moving towards mainstream adoption. According to a new e-Marketer report, a January 2008 Arbitron-Edison Media Research study found that podcast use is exploding: The podcast audience has grown nearly 40% in the last year. Podcasting reaches 18% of the US population, up from 13% […]

Online video site Viddler has announced a new plugin for WordPress 2.5 (currently in beta testing) that lets you browse for and embed videos directly from WordPress. Here’s what’s new in this version: Dashboard widget You can now watch, and help promote, our daily featured videos right from within the WordPress administration dashboard. There is […]

Mainstream media is getting savvy to the way podcasts are being effectively used to promote authors and their work. A Washington Post article looks at how Scott Sigler, J.C. Hutchins and Cory Doctorow are using podcasting an Internet media to get noticed: Horror writer Scott Sigler, one of the pioneers in this area, began regularly […]

Rocketboom founder Andrew Michael Baron has announced that he’s auctioning off his Twitter account: Baron is effectively wanting to monetize the attention that his Twitter account receives. Per the eBay auction: The winner of this auction gets my account with all of my followers. The account is in my name now, but the winner of […]