Companies are spending more and more online, a trend that is backed by figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau. Internet advertising revenues for 2006 are estimated at $16.8 billion, a 34 percent increase over the previous year, when revenue was a record $12.5 billion. “The increase underscores marketers’ understanding that Interactive advertising can engage consumers, […]

March 18: We’ve looked at many types of music podcasts this month as part of our 31 Days of Free Music, ranging from free classical music shows to barrages of noise. Some of the most interesting music podcasts that we’ve found have been ones that use podcasting as a new medium. A great example is […]

In an opinion piece in the New York Times lawyer and free culture advocate Lawrence Lessig offers his take on Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube: The complex balance of interests within any copyright statute are best struck by Congress. But 20 months ago, the Supreme Court reversed this wise policy of deference. Drawing upon […]

Ze Frank has wrapped up The Show, his weekday video blog conversation with viewers. He posted the final episode (below) on Saturday. Frank’s Show has been amazing for many reasons, but what’s impressed us the most is Frank’s honed sense of how to use video podcasting and the Internet to build a community. Fans of […]

Princeton is making audio recordings of public lecturesavailable in podcast form on its WebMedia site. The archive contains over 800 files dating back to 1998 and includes lectures by many prominent guests. Streaming videos of campus events have been publicly available through the Princeton WebMedia website for years, but the University wants to “leverage the […]

March 16: We‚Äôre on the downhill side of 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. We’ve talked about free guitar music, free classical music, free dj mixes, free hip-hop and even some brutal, unrelenting noise. Somehow, though, we missed bagpipes and gypsys. The Renaissance Festival podcast features Celtic music, Irish folk music, Scottish […]

A new service lets YouTube viewers see content that has been deleted from the site. Delutube can serve up video clips even after YouTube has purged them. So, even if your favorite MTV videos have been deleted by YouTube, you may still be able to watch them in all their YouTube-branded glory. Delutube allows visitors […]

March 15: We’re halfway through 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. We’ve got couple more gigs of free music to write about – so, check out the day’s free podcast, subscribe to the ones you like, and get ready to blow out your hard drive. If you’re familiar with Rhino Records, you’ll […]

Slacker has announced a new Personal Radio service that lets U.S. consumers create customized stations and listen to them on the computer or with a Slacker portable media player. The service lets is an Internet radio service that lets you create personalized radio stations. They plan to offer wireless Slacker portable media players that will […]

March 14: It‚Äôs 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. We hope you’re not running out of space on your computer or MP3 player, because we keep finding cool free music podcasts to share! Yesterday, we looked at the sturm un drang of Beethoven’s symphonies. Today, we’ve got something a little less intense. […]