Audio Podcasting

PodCamp Midwest: Podcasting Like a Pro

Feb 16th, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, General, Podcasting Events

While Rob Walch gave a Podcasting 101 session in the big auditorium, at today’s PodCamp Midwest, Brady Goodman (right) presented a session for more seasoned podcasters, “Podcasting Like a Pro.” He has a longtime background in radio, and decided he’d learn about podcasting, and poker, by creating the “Ante Up” podcast three years ago. It […]



PodCamp Midwest This Saturday

Feb 16th, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, General, Podcasting Events, Video Podcasts

Just a quick reminder to our midwestern friends that PodCamp Midwest is tomorrow, Saturday, February 16, from 9am – 5 pm at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus, 12600 Quivira Road, in Overland Park. Elisabeth from Podcasting News is planning to attend. If you are coming to PodCamp, please track her down and say hello. […]



Valentine Podcasts Not All Hearts and Flowers

Feb 14th, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, General, Video Podcasts

Forgive the pun, but we have a love/hate relationship with February 14. For some people, Valentine’s Day it is an agonizing “holiday” of choosing the right romantic gift, that conveys the right message. It can be even more traumatic to see everyone around you starry-eyed with love, when you find yourself, through circumstance or choice, […]



Wizzard CEO: Podcast Downloads Will Jump 50-80% In 2008

Feb 8th, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Podcast Hosting, Video Podcasts

There’s been a lot of discussion lately in the world of new media about the future of podcasting – people wondering what the current state of podcasting is and where it’s going. eMarketer forecasts that the audience for podcast consumption will double in the next two years, but even that relatively rosy forecast is disappointing […]



PodCamp Midwest Up To Date In Kansas City

Feb 6th, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, How to Podcast, Podcasting Events, Video

PodCamp Midwest is coming up next weekend, February 16, 2008, in the Kansas City metro suburb of Overland Park, Kansas. The PodCamp gatherings, organized by podcasting volunteers around the world, are new media community unconferences. Attendees/ participants set the agenda and self-organize sessions on topics of their choosing. Since the first PodCamp Boston in September […]



Raw Voice Launches PodcastFAQ Site

Feb 6th, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, How to Podcast, Podcast Directory Sites

RawVoice announced on Tuesday the launch of PodcastFAQ.com, a site that offers, in their words, current and prospective podcasters “comprehensive insight into the field.” The new site includes history, technology, industry trends and a portal to several online communities and directories. The site also offers a glossary of podcast terminology, support and instruction on how […]



The Coolest Podcast Studio In The World

Feb 5th, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, General, Podcasting Hardware

We’ve been fans of SkinnyCorp for several years now. We saw their founders on a panel at South by Southwest in 2006, and they wowed us with their corporate philosophy. We were already fans of the funky t-shirts they sell at Threadless (the punny “communist party” and “hypotamoose” t-shirts are in heavy rotation in the […]



Grape Radio Inks American Airlines Deal

Jan 28th, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts

While we were out covering the NAMM music industry convention last week, we had a wonderful lunch meeting with Gigavox Media’s Michael Geoghegan (with me in photo, right). Michael told us lots of great stories about his work creating the Disney podcast before we headed over to play at Disneyland (shh! don’t tell our kids […]



MommyCast Re-Ups Dixie Sponsorship

Jan 23rd, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts, Video Podcasts

For the third year in a row, Dixie Consumer Products has renewed its sponsorship of the MommyCast podcast, with a new 2008-year agreement. The continuing relationship will allow Dixie to maintain its role as a “preferred online sponsor” and partner of the long-running and popular MommyCast. Gretchen Vogelzang, co-host and co-founder of MommyCast, said, “We […]



NY Times Needs “Super Tuesday” Primary Stringers

Jan 23rd, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, News Podcasts

Doug Kaye, founder of volunteer network PodCorps, has clued us in on another one-time opportunity for podcasters. The New York Times needs local “radio producers” to gather audio interviews on Super Tuesday, February 5th, 2008, in the following states: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California (Northern & Southern) Colorado Connecticut Delaware Georgia Idaho Illinois Kansas Massachusets […]