The iPhone Safari browser may soon directly support YouTube, according to at least one report:  The latest version of the iPhone 2.0 firmware that was just seeded to developers has a YouTube plugin for MobileSafari.app! We’re not sure at this point if this is using the same method as the native YouTube app that just works […]

PodCamp, the free podcasting unconference, is coming to Ohio, on Saturday, June 28, 2008 at the ITT Technical Institute in Hilliard. PodCamp Ohio offers an opportunity for attendees to learn, share or grow their new media skills. They can attend informal sessions, created and driven by participants, about podcasts, blogs, digital music, web video and […]

Earlier this month we reported on how the newspaper industry has lost its future audience to the Internet. It gets worse. In the last year, the newspaper industry has experienced the worst ad revenue decline in its history, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Total print advertising revenue in 2007 plunged 9.4% to $42 […]

Podcasting with Movable Type just got easier with Byrne Reese’s release of the latest version of the Podcasting Plugin for Movable Type. iTunes support has been improved, making it easier to get your podcast listed properly within the iTunes Music Store. In addition, this release adds the following features: a complete RSS feed that includes […]

The Houston Business Journal reports that Data Call Technologies Inc. is acquiring privately-held Podcast Ready. Podcast Ready is a software and Web services company whose products and services permit the aggregation and distribution of audio and video podcasts. Their myPodder podcast client is preinstalled on some MP3 players. Data Call said the acquisition will strengthen […]

Chuck the Poetic Prophet offers a rap that looks at how web standards and proper design can affect the ranking and conversion of pages on your site. Yep – user generated media about search engine optimization and proper coding. You gotta watch that! The rapping may be a bit wooden, but the advice is good, […]

YouTube has introduced a new analytics tool to provide YouTube publishers on how their videos are being viewed. Today we’re releasing YouTube Insight, a free tool that enables anyone with a YouTube account to view detailed statistics about the videos that they upload to the site. For example, uploaders can see how often their videos […]

We have some serious availability problems at Podcasting News over the last five days, for which we apologize. We’ve moved most of the site to a new host, Media Temple, and still have a few loose ends to wrap up. Our previous web host, 1and1, updated our main server last week with a system that […]

YouTube today announced the winners in its 2007 YouTube Video Awards, which seem to have come and gone again this year with a whimper, not a bang. Winning videos include Laughing Baby, Potter Puppet Pals and Human Tetris. Here’s the complete list. Given its place as the number one Internet video destination, you’d think YouTube […]

Edirol has announced the availability of the R-44, a professional mobile recording workstation. The Edirol R-44 is a 2 lb. portable recorder that offers up to 24-bit and 192kHz recording and uses SDHC cards to store the audio recorded. Features: 4 channels XLR (with phantom power) & balanced/unbalanced TRS combo inputs digital RCA and headphones […]