Remember Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron’s recent critique of ABC’s new Amanda Congdon video blog? One of his chief complaints was the show’s “irrelevant pre-roll ads that outlast many people‚Äôs curiosity.” While Baron’s critique may not be completely impartial, his experience as a video podcasting pioneer gives him insight into what works and doesn’t work in […]

Land’s End has invited Santa Claus to blog on their catalogue website. In addition to a scavenger hunt activity, photo contest, downloadable gift tags and story workshop, visitors can subscribe to the jolly old elf’s podcast. There is also a catchy holiday folk song, “Hi Santa,” that you can listen to here (MP3). Caveat listener, […]

From the Good Things Happening To Nice People We Know Department: Austin (Texas) musician and songwriter Jeffrye Tveraas has been producing a podcast for the last year. His Austin Connection podcast features some of the best songwriters in the Austin area performing their tunes and offers insight into their careers and music. “My own musical […]

As competition for listeners’ attention intensifies and time spent listening to radio continues to decline, how to stand out amid the many choices available? A panel of media research expertsat the Arbitron Consultants Fly-In held Thursday in Columbia, Md. insist that content is still king — but that broadcasters need to continue creating compelling content, […]

Digg, a popular social networking news bookmarking site, introduced an update today that makes podcasting a major feature of the site. The site is also emphasizing video bookmarking, making multimedia much more prominent than it had previously been. The change could dramatically change the face of podcast discovery, as Digg focuses on the viral spread […]

Online sales of TV shows, movies and other prerecorded video will become a billion-dollar business in 2007, according to a new report from technology research firm Strategy Analytics. The report predicts that, by the end of 2007, the market will grow to $1.5 billion. By 2010, global revenue from online video sales, rentals and subscriptions […]

The Suffolk County (NY) Psychological Association has introduced a new podcast, Psyched Up, to help educate the public about the field of mental health. “People are becoming more aware of the important roles that behavior, attitudes and emotions play in not only overcoming illness and solving problems, but also in maintaining a healthy lifestyle,” said […]

Podango this week announced a partnership with podcaster Scott Bourne, who will be working with Podango as executive strategic advisor. “Scott is a recognized leader in the podcasting space and brings additional strength to the Podango team,” said Lee Gibbons, Podango CEO. “Scott has been in podcasting from the early days. His expertise will add […]

At the UBS and Credit Suisse media meetings in New York this week, with only two players in the fledgling satellite radio market, merger speculation follows rivals XM and Sirius. XM Satellite Radio Chairman Gary Parsons said that he considers the satellite radio market to still be new enough that two major players can coexist […]

Officials confirmed this afternoon that the body of missing CNET editor James Kim has been located. Kim had been missing in the remote southwestern Oregon wilderness for 11 days and was found at approximately noon Wednesday about half a mile from the Rogue River, authorities said. Kim, 35, left his family’s stranded car Saturday morning […]