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Mar 6th, 2009 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Video
Has anything blown your mind lately? If not, it’s time you check out Kutiman’s Thru You – an Internet album of music videos completely made out of remixed YouTube footage. Kutiman takes YouTube footage of people giving gear demos and doing their music thing, and then turns them completely inside out, recontextualizing them and turning […]
Tags: remix, video remixing, YouTube
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Mar 5th, 2009 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Podcasting Software
PodPress, a WordPress plugin that adds features for podasters, has been updated to 8.8.1, removing compatibility issues with recent versions of WordPress, according to its developer: Version 8.8.1 is temporary maintenance release to make podPress compatible with the post revisions feature introduced in WordPress 2.6. If somebody is interested in maintaining podPress while the main […]
Tags: PodPress, WordPress, WordPress plugin
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Mar 4th, 2009 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, iPods & Portable Media Players, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics
Podcasting is going mainstream, at least according to eMarketer: Podcasting has evolved from an odd, funky blogging experiment into a broad medium with mainstream trappings. Today, the vast majority of the top-rated podcasts come from recognizable media entities that are using podcasts to expand their existing radio, TV, cable or satellite audiences. They peg the […]
Tags: audio podcasts, corporate podcasting, eMarketer, new media trends, Podcasting, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics, podcasting trends, podcasts, the future of podcastiong
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Mar 4th, 2009 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Citizen Media, Internet TV, Video
Paul Graham has published an interesting post that looks at Why TV Lost, arguing that the Internet, especially sites like Facebook, have “killed TV”. He highlights four reasons for this: The Internet is an open platform. Anyone can build whatever they want on it, and the market picks the winners. So innovation happens at hacker […]
Tags: Facebook, new media trends, the future of television, YouTube
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Mar 4th, 2009 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video, Vlogs
YouTube has announced that it’s looking for video bloggers to discuss some of the little-used features of the site, and that it plans to feature some of these user-generated video: Every week we release new tools, or enhancements to current ones, to help you make better videos, connect with one another, and understand your audience. […]
Tags: contests, tutorials, user-generated video, video blogging, vlogging, YouTube, YouTubers
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Mar 4th, 2009 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Featured Story, iPods & Portable Media Players
Amazon has released a new Kindle iPhone App that expands the reach of the Kindle platform to Apple’s popular iPhone and iPod touch.
Will the Kindle iPhone application help make Amazon’s ebook platform relevant, or is it just another speedbump on the road to a more open ereading future?
Tags: Amazon, eBook, ereader, Kindle
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Mar 2nd, 2009 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General, Mobile Podcasting, Podcasting Hardware
Alesis Product Specialist Rob Bachi runs through the features of the iMultiMix 16 USB, a 16-channel USB mixer that features a built-in iPod dock for your iPod. The mixer’s iPod integration could be a nice feature for people doing podcasting. Alesis has smaller versions of the iMultiMix available, too, with fewer channels. If you’ve used the […]
Tags: Alesis, iMultiMix, iPod mixer, mixers, podcasting gear, Podcasting Hardware
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Mar 2nd, 2009 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General, Podcasting
Econsultancy has published an interesting post that looks Adam Carolla’s podcast, and at how podcasting and new media are changing the game for entertainers and media personalities: With his podcast, Carolla runs the show. He controls operations, can set his own direction without approval from higher-ups and has almost no limitations on what deals he […]
Tags: Adam Carolla, celebrity, celebrity podcasters, celebrity podcasts, Podcasting, the future of podcasting
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Mar 1st, 2009 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Video
Check out artist, composer & producer Brian Eno‘s predictions for The Future Of Television, from 1991: Future TV will be made with simple equipment unqualified people small budgets and bad taste Adjust your set as much as you like Sounds a lot like YouTube, doesn’t it? How do you think he did on his predictions? […]
Tags: Brian Eno, new media trends, the future of television, YouTube
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Mar 1st, 2009 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Featured Story, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting
It looks like the Adam Carolla Podcast may do to radio what Nine Inch Nails did to the music industry – make it irrelevant.
On Friday, February 20th, Adam Carolla’s radio show left the airwaves, as part of a format switch.
Four days later, Corolla had a hit podcast.
Tags: Adam Carolla, new media trends, the future of radio
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