Magnatune is using some great pro-podcasting propaganda at its site to promote music podcasting. The Podcasting is Selling Music logo parodies a 1980’s campaign by the British Phonograph Industry, Home Taping is Killing Music. Despite the best C30-C60-C90 efforts of home tape-makers, music somehow survived. Magnatune is a net music label that specializes in Creative-Commons […]

Here’s something that makes you realize that¬†there’s still room for¬†a tremendous amount of growth in podcasting; a high school in California is considering adding podcasting as¬†a new class in its curriculum. Gary Bissell, a computer science teacher in Atascadero, Calif., is planning a new podcasting class. Bissell came up with the idea for the class, […]

Pleasant Software is now shipping Ubercaster, its all-in-one podcast creation software. It’s made in Germany, by Germans. And it’s Uber! Ubercaster is a complete production suite for podcasting on the Mac, offering podcasters tools for podcast preparation, recording, editing and publishing shows. Features include live audio recording, auto ducking, effects, chapters for enhanced podcasts, ID3 […]

Apple has confirmed reports that the iPhone will be released in the United States in June. The company sent an email Tuesday to people who had signed up at the Apple site to receive information about the innovative mobile device: “Talk to you soon. Thanks for signing up. You’ll be the first to hear the […]

The 2007 iPod Film Fest is now online. This year, the festival features 25 films from seven countries. The films are competing in three categories: Student Films: These film were created as part of a class or for credit at any high-school or college. Indie Films: This category covers any film or music video made […]

BusinessWeek is telling podcasters “Don’t Quit Your Day Job“, painting a bleak picture of current prospects for professional indie podcasting. They cite a lack of advertising support and modest growth in listeners. They also take a look at what it takes for podcasters to turn podcasting into a career: In the absence of consistent advertising […]

The Philadelphia Orchestra has launched Podchestra, a trial series of orchestral podcasts. The Orchestra‚Äôs first podcast features: interviews with young artists who perform with the Orchestra in April, the ‚ÄúMonth of Rising Stars‚Äù; stories about memorable Orchestra debuts; and a look into the lives of the Orchestra‚Äôs musicians. You can preview the podcast below, or […]

Podcamp, a free unconference about podcasting, is coming to New York this weekend. The New York PodCamp Conference will be held April 7th at the New Yorker Hotel, at 481 8th Avenue at 34th St. The event is organized by attendees, and will focus on topics like the future of podcasting and video podcasting. Organizers […]

Wizzard Software, a software company that specializes in speech-recognition technology and also a podcast service provider, today announced record revenues for 2006, thanks in part to (we’re not making this up!) “Rex” – the talking pill bottle. Wizzard recorded record revenues of $2,943,578, an increase of $1,249,503, or approximately 73%, from revenues of $1,694,075 in […]

March 30: It’s 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. Every day in March, we‚Äôre highlighting a great free music podcast. This month, we’ve tried to showcase some of the best music podcasts. Podcasts like Accidental Hash, Rubyfruit Radio and KEXP’s Music That Matters. We’ve also tried to show the variety of podcasts […]