June 26, 2006

An article over at Linux Dev Center explains how to create podcasts with nothing but open source tools like Audacity and Ardour. You can then use sites like ourmedia.org to distribute your podcasts.

August 7, 2005

As Apple Computer and the big media companies move into podcasting, many of the independent podcasters are getting worried. On the one hand, Apple brings distribution and the big media companies validate the medium to advertisers, but on the other hand many small podcasters may get squeezed out. BusinessWeek and Knowledge@Wharton take a look at these issues in these two articles.

June 2, 2005

According to the Mozilla Foundation, version 1.1 of the Thunderbird open source e-mail client will support podcasts. Using existing RSS functionality, the client adds additional support for Podcast-type content and multimedia attachments. Some other new features of Thunderbird 1.1 are enhanced security, anti-phishing support, an improved spell-check engine, and better integration with third-party antivirus software.

May 25, 2005

ABC News and NBC News have have announced that they plan to offer on-demand audio podcasts of their news programs. ABC is offering Good Morning America and Nightline podcasts, and plans to offer others soon. NBC is planning to podcast hourly news updates starting in June, along with segments from programs like Today and the NBC Nightly News. Clearly, the television networks are trying to recycle their news content for a mobile audience to derive additional advertising revenue. In the future, they may have podcast-only content as well.

May 18, 2005

O'Reilly Digital Media has published a review of the Olympus DS-2 Stereo Voice Recorder. Features include stereo recording at sampling rates of up to 44.1 kHz, support for WMA compression, up to 22 hours of audio in 64MB of onboard flash memory, five recording modes, backlit LCD screen, 18 hours of battery life on 2 AAA batteries, USB connectivity, and much more. The article also shows you how to import and edit audio from this device on your computer. This may very well be the perfect recording device for conducting podcasts on the road.

April 28, 2005

Infinity Broadcasting, a division of Viacom, has announced that they are launching their first all-podcast radio station on May 16th. The station, KYCY (1550 AM) in San Francisco, will be nicknamed KYOURadio and will play only listener-submitted content. Listeners will be able to upload their digital audio content to the KYOURadio.com website for screening and playback consideration. The radio station will also be available via a streaming audio feed from KYOURadio.com.

April 26, 2005

Two former Netscape executives have launched the Open Media Network, a non-profit P2P media distribution startup. Combining the functionality of TiVo with peer-to-peer distribution, the service lets media publishers distribute their content inexpensively. The network uses commercial P2P technology from Kontiki. Open Media Network is initially focusing on delivering public domain content, indie films, podcasts and videoblogs. Later versions will support digital rights management and micropayments so that publishers can get paid for their content.

April 5, 2005

WindowsDevCenter has published an article showing how you can create podcasts using your Windows PC. See what hardware and software are required, as well as the series of steps that need to be performed in creating your first podcast. Almost all of the tools needed, like the Audacity sound editing software and the Lame MP3 encoder, are free.

April 4, 2005

A new report from the Pew/Internet Project takes a look at the growth of podcasting. According to the report, 29% of U.S. adults who own an MP3 player say they have downloaded and listened to podcasts. This translates to roughly 6 million people. Almost half of MP3 player owners younger than 29 years old have tried podcasts, while only 20% of older MP3 player owners have done so. The free report contains dozens of fascinating statistics about podcast producers and their listeners.

March 27, 2005

Clear Channel, the radio broadcasting giant, is making move into podcasting. It will initially offer ad-supported segments from some of its popular morning radio shows, but plans to eventually publish much of its popular content using podcasting as the delivery platform.

March 15, 2005

An article from WindowsDevCenter.com shows you how to receive podcasts on your PC using the free Doppler application and Windows Media Player. You can then easily synchronize these podcasts with any portable MP3 player.

March 5, 2005

An article in BusinessWeek says that satellite radio, internet radio, and podcasting are threatening to bring the traditional radio empires to their knees.

March 4, 2005

Using a combination of iPodderX, iTunes, and iPhoto, you can now use your iPod Photo to subscribe to podcasts that contain images as well as audio.

March 3, 2005

Using open source tools like Audacity, Lame, and iPodder it is easy to create your own podcast right on your Linux computer. You can even conduct phone interviews using Skype. Read this tutorial from Linux.com to see exactly how it's done.

February 19, 2005

An in depth article about podcasting in the N.Y. Times, brought to you by CNET. According to the article, over 3,000 podcasts have sprung up in just months.

February 16, 2005

NewScientist.com digs deep to find out what's going on with podcasting, from its very beginnings just months ago, until now.

January 17, 2005

Podcasting is taking off, big time.