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, […]

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 […]

The International Podcasting Expo, an virtual expo being held online April 20-21, 2007, will offer over 35 audio/visual educational sessions led by podcasters from around the world. Sessions include: introductions to recording, editing and mixing audio using free programs such as Audacity, Wavepad and Mixpad; an introduction to video production using Techsmith‚Äôs Camtasia; and information […]

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 […]

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 […]

March 20 was the final day of the first European Corporate Podcasting Summit. Following on the format of the previous day, the second day kept up the same very brisk pace. Presenters and panels were each given a scant thirty minutes in which to give their talks — meaning a lot of ideas and information […]

The Corporate Podcasting Summit, being held March 19-20 in London, UK, kicked off today. We’re in London to cover the event and to participate in some of the sessions. (disclaimer: Podcasting News is a marketing partner for the Summit). Show organizer Anita Yaa Ageyman has put together two very densely-packed days, with sessions ranging from […]

Northern Voice, the Canadian personal blogging conference, just wrapped up at the University of British Columbia over the weekend. For this third edition of the annual gathering, an estimated 300 participants met for one day of “MooseCamp“, a BarCamp- unconference- Open Space workshop, followed by Saturday’s more traditional conference offerings. The blogging conference was held […]

John Edwards plans to announce his presidential intentions to the world today in New Orleans. But today’s news is old news to fans of podcasts. Edwards recently announced his intentions in the John Edwards audio podcast. Listen carefully, and you’ll hear Podcast411’s Rob Walch doing the intro. Rocketboom’s Andrew Baron has also posted a video […]

Podtech’s Robert Scoble is on his way to New Orleans to cover John Edward’s Thursday announcement that he will be running for President. The Edwards event is significant, not only for Edward’s announcement, but for Edward’s understanding of the increasing importance of Internet media. Edwards is arguably the most Net-savvy of likely candidates. He has […]