Paul Colligan, a long-time podcaster and a business podcasting guru, has posted some interesting thoughts on easy ways to make your podcast more valuable, all of which are simple and “bite-sized”: Spend less than ten bucks on a domain name for your new production company. Advertisers don‚Äôt want to deal with directors, they want to […]

Google has announced a new project, Our Stories, to help people share the stories of their lives, no matter where they live or how their stories unfold. The project brings together the efforts of Google, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and UNICEF. Google is providing the infrastructure to let people around the world create and […]

HowAudio has released a new tutorial DVD, Introduction To Podcasting, that covers the basics of podcasting. The DVD features podcasting and audio consultant Daniel Murphy discussing the basics of audio production, including microphones, audio recording/editing software, mixers and soundcards. It also covers topics like USB vs. Firewire, VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocols), adding music, podcast […]

The Blog Council, an organization formed to “identify and promote best practices in corporate blogging”, officially launched today. The Council is intended to be a tool for companies to share tactics, offer advice based on past experience and develop standards. Founding members include: AccuQuote Cisco Systems The Coca-Cola Company Dell Gemstar-TV Guide General Motors Kaiser […]

Need to convince your company to get into video podcasting, an advertiser to experiment with Internet video ads, or just a reason to get vlogging? Here’s a reason: everybody is doing it. Horowitz Associates‚Äô Broadband Content and Services 2007 report offers an up-to-date set of stats on the use of broadband video among adult Internet […]

Net Applications has released the latest version of its Internet Operating System Marketshare report, and it reveals some interesting information about the popularity of Apple’s iPhone. After just five months on the market, the iPhone commands .09% of the marketshare of devices browsing the Internet. The iTouch adds another .01%. Together, Apple’s handheld Internet devices […]

Worldwide internet ad spending will jump to $44.6 billion in 2008, from about $36 billion, increasing its share of the market to 9.4% from 8.1%, according to ZenithOptimedia. “We predict internet advertising to pass three milestones over the next three years,” according to¬† ZenithOptimedia’s forecast, scheduled for release Dec. 3. “We expect it to overtake […]

The Association For Downloadable Media (ADM), a newly-formed organization dedicated to “providing standards for advertising and audience measurement for episodic and downloadable media,” announced today the election results for the 20 positions on its board. Podcasting News Publisher Elisabeth McLaury Lewin talked with some of the newly-elected board members and committee heads, asking about what […]

Nascent new media industry group, the Association for Downloadable Media, has announced the new officers, committee chairmen, and Advisory Board members. Podcasting News Publisher Elisabeth McLaury Lewin talked with some of the newly-elected board members this weekend. Here’s what Chris MacDonald, (Executive VP, Business Development and Operations, Libsyn PRO), Chairman (looking chairmanly in this updated […]

The Association for Downloadable Media (ADM) announced today the election results for its Executive Board (Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer), Advisory Board seats, and committee chairs. The ADM, a newly-formed industry organization dedicated to standardization and monetization of new media, has been formed to focus specifically on any content downloaded by consumers, and will work […]