The BBC today introduced an updated version of the BBC iPlayer, which fully combines radio and TV in one interface. The BBC iPlayer is an Internet-based on-demand catch-up service for BBC media, and is available on PC, Mac, Linux, Virgin Media, Apple iPhone & iPod touch and Nintendo Wii. The BBC reports that it has […]

We already know that John McCain is a huge ABBA fan, from his blog. But what about Barack Obama? What’s on his iPod? Obama says he has “pretty eclectic tastes”: The list of bands reads like the acts at a summer music festival, with the Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow and Ludacris all in the mix. […]

We talk a lot at Podcasting News about how new media gives anyone the potential to publish to people all around the world. This poses challenges to traditional media, though, especially newspapers, because they are faced with tens of thousands of nimble new competitors. As a result, newspapers are losing advertisers to Web media, losing […]

A midlife crisis inspired Gary Vaynerchuk to start his video podcast, Wine Library TV, which is primarily about wine, but also about action figures, the New York Jets, thunder, and Vaynerchuk himself and his quirky onscreen persona.

That quirky persona and unpretentious wine expertise has propelled “Gary Vee” to popularity on the Internet and in the mainstream media, leading to television appearances on “Ellen”, “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” and other shows. More recently, Gary Vee has authored a book, Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World.

Podcasting News’ Publisher, Elisabeth McLaury Lewin, sat down with Vaynerchuk this weekend for an exclusive interview, which looks at how he got into podcasting, using podcasts to establish a person brand, great wines for flood cleanup and a few secrets, along the way.

YouTube has announced that it’s going to test out hosting long-form videos and even full-length movies, with its new site feature The YouTube Screening Room. As Internet videos get longer, though, viewing them on your computer starts to look pretty lame. Fortunately, there are a growing number of ways you can get YouTube and other […]

YouTube has announced The YouTube Screening Room, a dedicated area on YouTube that will showcase an international selection of films. The YouTube Screening Room will feature four new high-quality short films every two weeks, as well as feature-length films on a case-by-case basis. Filmmakers will have the opportunity to submit their work for consideration through […]

Microsoft has announced that it’s going to keep its MSN Music authorization servers, currently on life support, alive for three more years.

This means that, if you bought music downloads from Microsoft’s service, you should be able to continue to listen to the music and put it on new devices or machines through 2011.

OT: Cosmo’s Bethany Heitman has a got a tip for Your Fabulous Life: you can save money on music through wholesale music piracy! Heitman writes: “Having new tunes is ideal, but shelling out the cash to buy said music hurts. Call up friends, and ask them to burn you a CD of songs they think […]

Internet telephony service Skype has announced a new version, Skype 4.0 Beta for Windows. The new version focuses on improving video telephony features and offering better usability. Here are a couple of videos that explain the Skype 4.0: Skype 4.0 Beta – Introductory Demoby SkypeConversations Mike Bartlett introduces Skype, and demos the new Skype 4.0 […]

twhirl, a desktop client for Twitter & Friendfeed, has been updated. It looks like it’s moving in the direction of becoming a general social networking client. According to it the official announcement: We took our time to make Friendfeed a lot more usable and add a few very nice features, including rooms support for Friendfeed, […]