Authorities are continuing their search of a remote area of southwest Oregon for CNET Senior Editor and podcaster James Kim. Kim, his wife Kati Kim, and their two young daughters disappeared nine days ago, while on a Thanksgiving weekend road trip. At CNET, James Kim is a senior editor covering digital audio who also co-hosts […]

The explosion of MP3 players, driven by Apple’s iPod,¬†is raising¬†awareness and usage of digital music in the U.S., according to a new study by JupiterResearch. “Use of playlists has steadily increased, and ripping music has reached a penetration rate of 25 percent,” said David Card, Vice President and Senior Analyst. “Over 60 percent of portable […]

The Podcast & Portable Media Expo is history. Show organizers are expanding its reach to encompass the increased number of content creators and exhibitors in the areas of video for the web, blogging, and user-generated content and have renamed it the Podcast and New Media Expo. The conference and tradeshow is scheduled for September 28, […]

In September of this year, when Apple sent cease and desist letters to several companies claiming that they infringed on Apple’s “iPod” trademark, there were rumors that Apple was trademarking the term “podcast”. A letter received by The Global Geek Podcast confirms what many suspected: the rumors of Apple trademarking “podcast” were overblown. In the […]

Kim Jong-il is reported to have his access to iPods and other desirable gadgets cut off as part of US efforts to target sanctions directly at the North Korean leader and his power base. Even more interesting, though, is Al Jazeera’s take on the news:

Satellite radio operators XM and Sirius face a 20 percent decline in fourth-quarter retail sales that is likely to put pressure on their respective stock prices, according to a Bank of America investment note. On Monday, their stocks started declined in reaction to the note, shedding most of the gains notched in November following third-quarter […]

The Creative Commons licenses provide a way for content creators to allow free distribution of their work, while also protecting the works commercial value. A key concept of the licenses is that, if you decide to share your music, videos or other creations with a CC license, other people and companies will respect that decision, […]

Perhaps all of you have moved on to “Black Friday” holiday shopping activities, but the folks at Podcasting News are staying home today. Who needs to be in line at Best Buy at 5 a.m. to get a good deal on a HDTV, when there are so many good bits of Thanksgiving still to enjoy? […]

British-Russian online audiobook publisher AudioBooksForFree says that “Podcasting is Dead,” predicting that in the next five years downloading, podcasting, P2P and other forms of on-demand delivery will be superseded gigantic compilations of thousands hours of digital entertainment in one single and relatively cheap boxset. The company specialises in massive compilations, which they describe as GigaBulk […]

Nielsen Media Research has begun gathering information on usage of Apple‚Äôs iPod, and has found that most iPod owners spend far more time on it listening to music or audio podcasts than they do using it to watch TV or movies. Nielsen monitored a panel of 400 iPod users in the U.S. from Oct. 1-27 […]