TechCrunch published a controversial piece of linkbait over the Thanksgiving holiday on the “secret” strategies behind successful viral videos. The essay, by Dan Ackerman Greenberg, suggested that the days of indie video podcasts like Ask A Ninja becoming viral hits through hard work and creativity are gone. “The Wild West days of Lonely Girl and […]

TechCrunch published a guest essay over the holiday on the secret strategies behind successful “viral videos”. The essay, by Dan Ackerman Greenberg, is the most interesting thing I’ve seen on TechCrunch in ages. The essay is also a real linkbaiter – suggesting that the days of video podcasts like Ask A Ninja becoming viral hits […]

This year, the folks at Podcasting News are thankful to be spending the (U.S.) Thanksgiving day holed up in the Podcasting News “Test Kitchens” (right) with only the little podcasters (above) and a giant turkey to keep us company. Whereas many years, we are either entertaining our large extended family, or biding our time waiting […]

The Culinary Institute of America (the other CIA) has a podcast series, entitled, “Insight From The Inside.” The program gives listeners a glimpse inside the prestigious culinary college through the eyes and personal testimonials of its students. “Insight From The Inside” also includes interviews with some of the CIA’s celebrity chef alumni. The current episode […]

The Beatles’ second feature film, “Help!,” has just been re-released on DVD. To herald the event, “Monty Python” alumnus Michael Palin narrates a podcast series about the 1965 hit movie. The podcast mixes dialogue from the movie with Palin’s narration and bits of audio from commercials, songs, interviews with individual Beatles, supporting actors, and director […]

PodCamp Ottawa, an unconference focusing on podcasting, is scheduled for Sunday, November 25 in Ottawa, Canada. The goal of PodCamp Ottawa is to learn about how to create podcasts (technically and as a host/producer), make them available and listen to them. Organized by Mark Blevis, Andrea Ross, Bob Goyetche, Maurizio Ortolani & Jeff Parks, the […]

The latest numbers from the Newspaper Association of America show that newspaper advertising revenue is plummeting as attention and ad dollars move online. The numbers are downright ugly: Total advertising expenditures at newspaper companies were $10.9 billion for the third quarter of 2007, a 7.4 percent decrease from the same period a year earlier. Spending […]

“Social talk radio network” BlogTalkRadio today announced the creation of the new ‚ÄúBlogCritics Radio‚Äù Channel in partnership with online magazine BlogCritics, on BlogTalkRadio.com. The new channel will feature a group of BlogCritics writers and editors covering pop culture, news, sports and technology. BlogCritics network hosts will have their own live talk radio shows and be […]

The New York Times’ Freakonomics has an interesting interview with musician & podcaster Jonathan Coulton, who became an Internet superstar as a result of his Thing A Week music podcast (podcast feed). Last week, we asked for your questions for singer/songwriter/Internet celeb Jonathan Coulton. Thanks to all of you (including John Hodgman, or at least […]

Wonder why the Amazon Kindle is getting so much attention from top bloggers today? A lot of people are scratching their heads on this, wondering why so many a-list blogs are jazzed about an expensive, ugly device that lets you buy expensive DRM’d content. A device that’s kind of like a first-generation Zune for ebooks. […]