UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has recorded a podcast for his local paper, The Northern Echo. Blair recorded a special message for the paper serving his constituency of Sedgefield to mark the launch of the paper’s new podcasting site. Audio and video downloads are available at the paper’s site. While the paper is explicitly announcing […]

Brooke ‚ÄúBrookers‚Äù Brodack, aka the Crazed Numa Fan, is reported to be the first YouTuber to get a TV Deal from her vlog. Brodack was signed earlier this month to an 18-month talent and development deal with Carson Daly Productions. ‚ÄúThe Internet has become a new platform for identifying emerging artists such as Brookers. I […]

Senator, podcaster and potential presidential candidate John Edwards’ visit to Gnomedex 2006 has generated significant interest in both the tech and mainstream press. The appearance made strong impressions, both pro and con. You can make up your own mind now that video clips of the session are available.

A new site is promising digital media producers a chance to make money with their video, audio and photo content. The site, eefoof, has the tagline, ‚ÄúMake It. Post It. Profit.‚Äù According to the site: When you upload a piece of media for submission to eefoof, your first hit immediatly starts generating income. Each month, […]

Director Bryan Singer has a video podcast that provides an insider look at making his latest movie, Superman Returns. The Superman Returns – Bryan’s Journals video podcast is primarily made up of vlog-like entries that document the making of the film. Other episodes include trailers and behind the scenes looks at the making of DVD […]

At Gnomedex 2006, podcaster Todd Cochrane introduced a new site for podcasters and podcast fans, Blubrry. The site blends elements from a variety of types of podcasting sites; it’s part directory, part network and part community. The site intends to use social networking to help podcast fans find new podcasts while helping podcasters get listeners, […]

Apple has updated its categories for podcasts, and they are asking podcasters to update their feeds as soon as possible. Per Apple: Changes to your categories may take 1-2 weeks from the time you edit your feed, so please review and add new category data as soon as possible to ensure your podcast is listed […]

Susan Mernit led a discussion of sex, relationships and widgets at the 2006 Gnomedex conference, being held June 29 to July 1 in Seattle, Washington. Mernit discussed how, after going through the breakup of a long-term marriage, she turned to the Internet in order to deal with sex and new relationships. She began by talking […]

At the 2006 Gnomedex conference, Dave Winer gave a short talk on his ideas on communication, technology, creativity and making money. He brought up two main themes: that the Internet is leading to the end of “monoculture”; and that making money on the Internet will depend on interaction with users, aggregating user desire and building […]

Hundreds of podcasters, bloggers, vloggers and tech enthusiasts are gathered in Seattle, WA for Gnomedex, being held June 29 to July 1. The conference is described as “a confluence of leading bloggers and new media.” Conference discussion leaders will include Senator/podcaster John Edwards, pioneering podcaster Dave Winer, Internet marketing guru Steve Rubel, Make’s Phil Torrone, […]