John Dingell, D-Dearborn, who has been in Congress for 50 years, knows how to keep up with the kids. He’s introduced a podcast, The Dingellcast, joining a growing number of politicians that are using podcasting to communicate with their constituents.”I’m not going to kid anyone, I don’t have an iPod, but I see them all […]

UK comedian Ricky Gervais is moving his podcast to The Daily Mirror, as part of its new video download section. Gervais’ podcast was originally published by the Guardian, where it received a Guinness Record for the most downloaded podcast. Gervais originally published a free podcast, but earlier this year switched to paid subscriptions.

The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, being held June 9th through July 9th, is proving to be a popular topic for podcasters.World Cup podcasts are being produced by news organizations, football (soccer) fans and even the Chancellor of Germany. The World Cup, the most important event in international football (soccer), brings together teams from member […]

Linked Media is a new UK company that hopes to provide “an interface between independent podcasters and emerging mainstream distribution channels.”The company plans to help mobile networks and other providers build relationships with, and acquire content from, independent podcast producers worldwide by providing a bridge between them. “Independent podcasters cannot compete with big business branding […]

Mark Ramsey, president of hear2.0, thinks that podcasting has a bad name, and thinks we should change the name to (drum roll)……………audiomag. “Podcast is, when you think about it, an absolutely horrible name for the technology,” writes Ramsey. “We don’t watch a TVcast, we watch a TV show. We don’t listen to a Radiocast, it’s […]

XandMail, a digital communication solutions provider, has announced the availability of Mobile Podcast Solution, a carrier-grade solution which pushes podcast, video or any RSS feeds directly to a mobile phone. According to XandMail, their solution transforms any mobile phone into a RSS reader. It lets subscribers receive blog posts, listen to podcasts and view video […]

Coolgorilla has introduced its first iPod Translator, a German guide. The Translator has a user-friendly menu system to provide access of over 750 MP3s of German words and phrases. You simply select the phrase you require in English and play the German translation. “We are proud to be partnering with internet legends lastminute.com who have […]

Anystream has announced Apreso Podcast, an enterprise podcasting solution that lets institutions of higher education make any lecture, anywhere on campus, available for playback on Apple iPods, iTunes or any MP3 player. Available as a campus-wide license, Apreso Podcast lets universities offer lecture review by automating the many tasks required to capture, encode, manage and […]

The Cato Institute, a non-profit public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C., has introduced a podcast that seeks to broaden public policy debate to allow consideration of traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace. According to the Institute, the Cato Daily Podcast “seeks to engage people in questions of […]

PRWeb, a leading Internet press release service, has announced that, effective today, all podcasts delivered through PRWeb‚Äôs podcasting service are released under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 license. This license is being made retroactively to all current and archived podcast content.Under the terms of the new license individuals are permitted to sample, mash-up, or […]