Podcasting

People’s Choice Podcast Award Winners Announced

Aug 16th, 2007 | By | Category: Commentary, General, Podcasting Law

The winners of the People‚Äôs Choice Podcast Awards have been announced: Best Video Podcast – Ask a Ninja Best Mobile Phone Formatted Podcast – Praystation Portable Business – Manager Tools Comedy – Nobody Likes Onions Cultural / Arts – This American Life Education – Grammar Girl Entertainment – The Lost Podcast Food and Drink – […]



PodTech Ends Search For CEO, Promotes From Within

Aug 16th, 2007 | By | Category: Corporate Podcasts, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Networks

Podcasting startup PodTech, which has been struggling with its finances, questionable content development choices and its image, today announced that it had ended its external search for a CEO and had instead promoted Chief Operating Officer James McCormick to CEO. Founder and current CEO John Furrier will continue to serve on the board of directors […]



Movable Type Features Built-In Podcast Support

Aug 15th, 2007 | By | Category: Podcasting Software

Six Apart’s Anil Dash has announced the release of Movable Type 4.0 (MT), the latest version of the pioneering blogging platform. While the publishing platform has lost a lot of ground to WordPress in the last few years, MT is fighting back by open-sourcing much of its code, offering a free version, and bringing its […]



PodTech’s Problem: Betting On Jason Calacanis Over Cali Lewis

Aug 12th, 2007 | By | Category: Commentary, Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Podcasting Networks, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

There’s been a lot of blog discussion, recently, about podcasting startup PodTech and its struggles to become profitable. The company is burning through cash to support 38 employees and high-rent office space in Palo Alto, but has failed to create any breakout Internet TV franchises. CenterNetworks’ Allen Stern offers Five Suggestions to Improve PodTech: Update […]



Make Your Podcast iPhone Friendly

Aug 11th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Digital Music, How to Podcast, iPhone, Mobile Podcasting, Podcasting Software

The Financial Aid Podcast’s Christopher Penn has released a free .php script, the Podcaster iPhone Kit, that can be used to generate an iPhone-friendly page for your podcast. Here’s how Penn describes the script: This simple little web page parses your podcast’s XML feed and slaps it into a nice page designed to render well […]



New Podcaster Association Wants Your Input

Aug 11th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, Corporate Podcasts

Podango’s¬†Scott Bourne has announced plans to form a new podcaster’s group, the Association of Podcasters & Online Media Producers (APOMP). The nascent group is a response to the recently announced¬†Association for Downloadable Media (ADM),¬†which some podcasters feel is too focused on commercial podcasting. ¬† Bourne’s group¬†would like your input, and are asking podcasters to fill […]



Bloggers, Podcasters Getting Presidential Debate Footage

Aug 10th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

MSNBC has announced that, after the live AFL-CIO Presidential Candidates Forum has concluded, non-NBC media, blogs and Internet media may make unlimited use of the debate and excerpts, with appropriate credit to MSNBC, for the purpose of analyzing, reporting on, or commenting on the Forum.¬† While many would consider this fair use, MSNBC is making […]



Hate iMovie ’08? You’ve Got Company

Aug 9th, 2007 | By | Category: Internet TV, Podcasting Software, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Apple introduced a completely rewritten iMovie in the iLife ’08 suite earlier this week. But, while the new iMovie streamlines production of simple videos, some users are also finding that Apple dropped their favorite features from iMovie HD, the previous version. iMovie ’08 eliminates timeline-style editing, which can make it more difficult to do things […]



The Top Seven Garageband ’08 Improvements For Podcasters

Aug 7th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Software

Apple today introduced an updated version of Garageband as part of the iLife ’08 personal media suite. Here’s our pick for the top seven new features or improvements for podcasters: Multi-take recording – this new feature should make it easier for anyone that has a perfectionist side to get the perfect take without a lot […]



Apple Unveils New iMacs

Aug 7th, 2007 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware

Apple today unveiled a new all-in-one iMac line, featuring 20- and 24-inch widescreen displays encased in aluminum and glass enclosures. The new iMac line features the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and a new, ultra-thin aluminum Apple Keyboard, built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing and iLife ‚Äô08. The 20-inch iMac now starts at […]