DJ Premier¬†has announced that the Live From HQ podcasts have been cancelled as the result of threats from the RIAA. Here’s Live From HQ’s A.C.’s explanation of the situation: Our¬†site has been hit with a cease & desist order from the RIAA for broadcasting copywritten material. Additionally, our relationship with SIRIUS has been up and […]

Homewood Suites by Hilton, a brand of residential suite style¬†hotels, is using video iPods at all of its 204 properties in¬†the United States and Canada¬†as part of their¬†Mobile Training program. One of the goals of the Homewood Suites iPod Mobile Training is to offer employees the opportunity to train directly in their own work environment. […]

Newspaper print advertising sales have fallen to their lowest level in a decade, according to statistics from the Newspaper Association of America. Print revenues in the first six months of this year totaled $20.3 billion, the lowest since the $19.7 billion in sales recorded in the first half of 1997. Print ad sales in the […]

Apple today announced that it will not be selling NBC television shows for the upcoming television season at the iTunes Store. According to Apple, the move is a result of disagreements over per episode pricing, which NBC wanted to increase from $1.99 to $4.99. “We are disappointed to see NBC leave iTunes because we would […]

Alex Iskold has penned an article over at Read/WriteWeb that asks “Will Podcasting Survive?”. The article suggests that podcasting is stagnating, that podcasting is losing steam, and that it’s even going out of fashion. Here are the points Read/WriteWeb offers to support their claim that podcasting is stagnating: Podcast technology inherently limits interest; Podcasting startup […]

Sony today took the wraps off two new Walkman players that not only support audio ‚Äì but support video and podcasts. According to Sony, the new NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610 series of Walkman digital music players support an open platform alternative to iTunes/iPods, providing more choices for downloading and managing music and video collections online. Users […]

SplashCast has updated its embeddable media player. The SplashCast service lets you create streaming media ‚Äòchannels‚Äô that mix together video, music, photos, narration, text, as well as RSS feeds, PowerPoint presentations and PDF documents. “We‚Äôre really excited about all the changes we‚Äôve made,” said SplashCast’s Marshall Kirkpatrick, “We believe that our new player scores super […]

Rain Recording has announced their first AMD processor-based audio workstation line, called Solstice. Solstice workstations are a new addition to Rain‚Äôs line of computers, which are built specifically for the needs of professional audio and video production. Powered by AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors, the Solstice 01 and 02 workstations can support demanding audiovisual […]

KickApps Corporation, a hosted social media platform, today announced a service for sharing videos for use with iPhones. Videos uploaded to KickApps-powered social media sites can be viewed on the iPhone using the device‚Äôs Safari web browser. With today‚Äôs announcement, KickApps is the first social media platform to support web video viewing and sharing on […]

A&P has unceremoniously sacked brothers Mark and Matthew D’Avella for using the company facilities to film a faux-gangsta rap video, Produce Paradise. The brothers, aka Double D and Razor Blade, made the video of themselves performing as the Fresh Beets. Here’s why Double D calls himself “the Vanilla Ice of our generation”: The brothers were […]