“Social radio network” BlogTalk Radio today announced the launch of two new “premium service packages.” The podcast production and distribution platform is offering enhanced services to talk show hosts (that is, podcasters), whose production needs have outgrown the podcast production and distribution platform’s more basic offerings. The premium and premium plus service packages have monthly […]

Podcasting network Wizzard Media announced its first-quarter figures on Friday. The bad news: the company reported a $1.3 million loss for the first quarter of 2009. Revenue is down 29 percent from the same period in 2008. The company attributed the decline to the recession and “specifically mentioned a decrease in staffing revenue within its […]

Wizzard has announced podcast network results for 2008, noting that they handled more than 1.2 billion download requests last year.

Late last year, podcast network and hosting provider Podango shut down rather abruptly. We heard from Podango cofounder Lee Gibbons yesterday, with an update on what is happening with the Utah-based startup: I hope this message finds you well. This email is to update you on Podango’s situation. After seeking funding from both traditional and […]

Medical news-gathering site ProMedNetwork announced its launch this week. The site offers medical professionals access to the latest news and information in the way of free audio and video content produced by and for health care professionals. The company sees its main audience being EMTs, nurses, physicians, technologists, psychologists, medical residents and other health care […]

Australian podcast company The Podcast Network crashed over the weekend as a hard drive failure and lack of redundancy, taking its podcasts offline and destroying show archives.  According to The Podcast Network, “On Saturday Dec 20, the hard drive on TPN’s server suddenly died. We are in the process of restoring and re-building all of […]

Lifestyle podcast publisher Personal Life Media have added ten new shows to their network, bringing the total to 35 weekly audio programs and one daily vidcast, along with their companion blogs. The focus of the new shows ranges widely: from hobby-related digital photography, literature and genealogy, to conversations about lifestyle design and holistic health, to […]

Pittsburgh-based Wizzard Software announced Monday third-quarter revenues of $1,533,339, a 4% increase over revenues of $1,468,476 during Q3 2007. The company also reported revenues of $4,667,690 during the nine month period ended September 30, 2008, a 29% increase over revenues of $3,622,499 for the same period in 2007. Wizzard provides online publishing tools for podcast […]

The Chicago Daily Herald reports that the the Chicago Area Podcasters Network has been growing since its inception in 2006, and is now an active, vibrant group. The group started with 10 members and has grown to about 50.  “Things really changed once iTunes made podcasting available,” said Tom Kim of Libertyville, founder of the podcasting […]

Podcast network blubrry has introduced a new service for podcasters, Premium Podcast Statistics: Many of you using our Podcast Statistic service have asked for a wide variety of additional reports. While our basic stats package will remain free, we want to bring you a much richer data set in the plus package which will be […]