WildVoice, a podcasting host and podcast community currently in beta, has announced support for embedding podcasts at MySpace and blog sites. Users can create podcasts with WildVoice and then add those audio messages to blogs and other social networking sites. “Social networking is all about personalization in the often anonymous cyber world. Nothing is more […]

The Freak Network provides an alternative to mainstream podcasts, bringing together “a network of freaks” creating podcasts, video podcasts and blogs. The network features content from the following “freaks”: PizzaBabe Goes Global A Gay Better ZillaCast {{PB&J}} Big Phil√¢’s Love Parade Sin Special Delivery Tranny Wreck The Post Modern Geek’s Guide To Sex The Pete […]

Avast! In case ye be wondering, Podcasting News supports Talk Like a Pirate Day. Here’s a version of our home page for you TLAP Day pirates. Arrgh!

Warner Music Group and Brilliant Technologies Corporation today announced an agreement to offer music from Warner artists for streaming and limited download on Brilliant’s Qtrax legal peer-to-peer (P2P) music network. Qtrax is an ad-supported P2P digital content distribution system designed to provide the legal sharing, distribution and intellectual property protection of content while driving new […]

XB Stream, a new RSS/XML feed reader/aggregator for XBox 360 users, was released last week and quickly nuked several podcast sites. The software is configured to automatically download content, which has resulted in several podcast sites getting deluged with traffic. Users are urged to upgrade to the latest version, XB Stream 1.2: XB Stream and […]

Webcasting firm Webcast in a Box is now BOXpopuli, according to company co-founder, Chris Dawson. The company is updating its name to reflect its emphasis on podcasting and its automated podcasting market niche. The company’s Linux-based appliance, a 1U rackmount device, records audio in a club, classroom or other venue and uploads the encoded files, […]

North Carolina State University communication professor Robert Schrag, right, has been asked by his dean and department head to stop selling downloadable versions of his lectures until further notice. Schrag had made his lectures available to students and the general public online for a fee of $2.50. The University questioned whether this practice was ethical, […]

Napster has announced that it’s looking for buyers. “In response to recent third party interest in establishing strategic partnerships or potentially acquiring the company, it has retained UBS Investment Bank to assist the Board and management in its evaluation of strategic alternatives,” the company said in a statement. As recently as a few weeks ago, […]

An Engadget tipster found Wal-Mart’s entry for the Microsoft Zune portable media player, revealing a price of $284, just under the $300 that many have been expecting for the player.

Apple‚Äôs recent addition of Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, to their board of directors has led to speculation about whether this will lead to closer collaboration between Apple and Google. ‚ÄúIs it possible that when iTV ships next year, you may also be able to choose a menu item called Google Video, […]