PEHub, a public forum for private equity, reports that PodBridge has raised around $8.5 million in its second round of venture capital financing. Podbridge offers measurement and ad services for advertisers and publishers; provides advertisers with significant control over the insertion of ads within specific content; and enables targeting to specific demographics. Sutter Hill Ventures […]

Sales of Apple Macintosh computers grew 30% year-to-year in the first quarter of 2007, despite interest in Microsoft’s newly introduced Vista operation system. The growth in units sold for all computer vendors was 2.9%, making the growth in Mac sales 10 times the industry average. Microsoft’s official consumer launch of Vista in January had very […]

The iPhone is on schedule to hit the U.S. market at the end of June, a senior executive with AT&T Inc. said on Wednesday. The iPhone has received unprecedented attention since Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs demonstrated a prototype of the device in January. “Our expectations are good. Our testing has been good,” said AT&T […]

Podcast Hotel, the latest in a series of West Coast podcast events, is slated for April 20-21 in San Francisco at the Swedish American Hall. Billed as “two days of discussion around the intersection of technology, indie music and indie film,” Podcast Hotel features lectures, concerts and discussions on digital media issues such as distribution, […]

Podcasting network Wizzard Media announced today that they have hired Jim Else, a 30-year advertising sales veteran previously with Time, Inc., as Vice President of Sales. Mr. Else will lead the advertising sales team with the goal of monetizing podcasts and creating new opportunities for content creators and advertisers. Else spent 20-years as an advertising […]

EPOIA Interactive Studios today launched its PodshowCreator ContentPay service in association with Amazon.com’s Associates program. PodshowCreator is a web-based podcast software and hosting service offered by EPOIA. ContentPay is a new PodshowCreator service that lets podcasters earn revenue with a customizable storefront that showcases Amazon.com products relevant to the content of the podcast. Each time […]

NAB: Apple unveiled Final Cut Studio 2, a video editing suite which features: Final Cut Pro 6, which introduces Apple‚Äôs ProRes 422 format for uncompressed HD quality at SD file sizes and support for mixed video formats and frame rates in a single Timeline; Motion 3 featuring an intuitive 3D environment, paint and new behaviors; […]

“User-generated” podcasts and Internet media are one of the biggest threats to mainstream media, according to a survey of media and entertainment executives released today. In its annual survey of senior executives in the media and entertainment industry, Accenture examined the growth strategies of companies across the landscape of advertising, film, music, publishing, radio, the […]

Organizers have announced podcast nominees for the 11th Annual Webby Awards. Nominees include: Guardian Unlimited NPR Scientific American Spout The Onion A full list of all nominees in more than 100 categories can be found at the Webby Awards site. Winners will be announced on May 1st. The Webby Awards is presented by the International […]

Today, representatives of the SaveNetRadio coalition announced the launch of a campaign to fight increased fees for webcasters. The coalition of Internet radio listeners, music labels, artists, and webcasters was formed in response to a March 2nd ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board that raised the fees webcasters pay to play music online by 300-1200 […]