The Corporate Podcasting Summit, a podcast conference that focuses on business podcasting, has announced plans for events in London, UK and the US East Coast in 2007. At the inaugural Corporate Podcasting Summit, held in San Francisco, June 2006, there were speakers from Whirlpool, the host of the Disneyland Resort podcasts, BEA Systems and Keane, […]

The Stage, a UK trade publication for the entertainment world has partnered with The Podcast Network to bring the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Podcast to podcast listeners around the world. The Edinburgh Fringe Festival features 28,014 performances of 1,867 shows in 261 venues, and features an estimated 16,990 performers. The podcast is freely available to anyone […]

Yahoo today released a press announcement that announced that renowned British astrophysicist and professor Stephen Hawking has vocalized his thoughts about the fate of the world in an exclusive audio podcast featured at the Yahoo! Search site. Pretty important stuff to think about. Unfortunately for the world, Hawking has no clue how the world can […]

Major label Warner Brother Records appears to be podcasting traditionally copyrighted music, from well-known artists, Under the Radar. Murmurs and whispers around the podosphere have hinted that Bands Under the Radar, described as “a music podcast featuring unsigned bands and indie artists,” is not “indie” at all, but is in fact a podcast being quietly […]

What do World War II, the US Senate, Viagra & podcasting have in common?One man, former Senator Bob Dole. Dole, truly a Renaissance man, fought for his country, being gravely wounded in Italy during WWII. Then, he served for his country, as US Senator from the great state of Kansas. More recently, he opened the […]

Podcasting and blogging are two of the most effective tools for generating sales leads in the technology industry, according to a survey of technology marketing executives. When asked, “Which offers are ‘very effective’ for generating high-quality leads?” marketers in all three areas studied – technology services firms, and business software and hardware – put Blog […]

Public radio producer Stephen HIll, host of the popular electronic/space music show Hearts of Space, thinks that High Definition Radio, a standard for near CD-quality radio, is dead on arrival, and that podcasting and other Internet audio options dug its grave.”HD reminds me of DCC (Digital Compact Cassette),” notes Hill, “another attempt by a mature […]

Director Kevin Smith is using iPods and video podcasts to promote his latest film, Clerks II. Smith joined Superman’s Bryan Singer and other directors by creating a Clerks II video podcast that provides an insider’s look into the making of the film. The Clerks II podcast looks at mullets, Ben Affleck’s thoughts on being in […]

Recently Apple announced that they were revising the podcasting categories at iTunes and asked that podcasters update their RSS feeds “as soon as possible”. If you’re a podcaster and haven’t updated your feed yet, ProfCast has released a free online tool that may help. The converter allows you to enter the URL for a published […]

IBM has introduced the ShortCuts podcast series, a podcast that provides technology tips on current trends and issues such as computer security, instant messaging etiquette, and email management. The four-minute audio shows are intended to give listeners short, practical advice that can be applied at work or at home.The latest episode looks at Beating Spyware […]