Major label Warner Brother Records appears to be podcasting traditionally copyrighted music, from well-known artists, Under the Radar. Murmurs and whispers around the podosphere have hinted that Bands Under the Radar, described as “a music podcast featuring unsigned bands and indie artists,” is not “indie” at all, but is in fact a podcast being quietly […]

In July, the daily reach of YouTube pulled ahead of MySpace. YouTube’s growth has been explosive, going from nowhere a year a go to becoming the sixteenth most popular site on the Web, as measured by Alexa. The tremendous growth reflects increasing penetration of broadband, more vloggers creating independent video content and YouTube’s ability to […]

What do World War II, the US Senate, Viagra & podcasting have in common?One man, former Senator Bob Dole. Dole, truly a Renaissance man, fought for his country, being gravely wounded in Italy during WWII. Then, he served for his country, as US Senator from the great state of Kansas. More recently, he opened the […]

Most women would choose a new iPod over a shopping spree at a clothing store and even over a romantic evening with someone special, according to Women‚Äôs Watch: Girls Gone Wired, a study of women and technology by Oxygen Media. According to Oxygen, a media network for woman, the study shows that the technology gender […]

AOL and CNN have announced new services that take the lead from YouTube and other Internet video sites, letting users post their own content to the sites. AOL is revamping its video site in an attempt to match popular do-it-yourself Web services like YouTube, while also improving its video-search tool and offering more programming as […]

Podcasting and blogging are two of the most effective tools for generating sales leads in the technology industry, according to a survey of technology marketing executives. When asked, “Which offers are ‘very effective’ for generating high-quality leads?” marketers in all three areas studied – technology services firms, and business software and hardware – put Blog […]

iStockPhoto, a leading community-powered marketplace for stock photography and illustrations, is expanding into video, and will be selling indie video at a new site, iStockVideo. Anyone can apply to become a video contributor at the site. iStock videographers will collect downloads, earn royalties and receive “video reels” like photographer canisters to show their sales levels.

Public radio producer Stephen HIll, host of the popular electronic/space music show Hearts of Space, thinks that High Definition Radio, a standard for near CD-quality radio, is dead on arrival, and that podcasting and other Internet audio options dug its grave.”HD reminds me of DCC (Digital Compact Cassette),” notes Hill, “another attempt by a mature […]

Director Kevin Smith is using iPods and video podcasts to promote his latest film, Clerks II. Smith joined Superman’s Bryan Singer and other directors by creating a Clerks II video podcast that provides an insider’s look into the making of the film. The Clerks II podcast looks at mullets, Ben Affleck’s thoughts on being in […]

Recently Apple announced that they were revising the podcasting categories at iTunes and asked that podcasters update their RSS feeds “as soon as possible”. If you’re a podcaster and haven’t updated your feed yet, ProfCast has released a free online tool that may help. The converter allows you to enter the URL for a published […]