Warner Brothers has introduced a Justice League Heroes podcast and video podcast. the podcasts feature the prequel story to a Justice League Heroes videogame that is available on the PlayStation2 and Xbox game systems. The game features features an original story from award-winning comic book and animation writer Dwayne McDuffie (Static Shock, Justice League, Teen […]

The PodTech Network has announced a new podcast, CalacanisCast, hosted and produced by Jason Calacanis, CEO of Weblogs, Inc. The weekly show will focus on Jason’s insights in new media and technology trends and those of his special guests. “I’m thrilled to have PodTech and GoDaddy.com as partners,” said Calacanis. “We’re going to have a […]

The Tulsa (Oklahoma) Police Department has introduced a podcast intended to help keep citizens up-to-date on crime prevention and other issues. The TPD Podcast will be updated monthly. The first podcast episode (MP3) is about recruiting. Future podcasts will address personal safety and other police issues. The Tulsa Police Department is one of the first […]

The BBC’s Chris Vallance is looking for podcasters to help provide comprehensive coverage of the US mid-term elections. “We’ll be visiting Connecticut and Pennsylvania and on election night (Nov 7th) in Washington DC – but we can’t be everywhere and there many fascinating races we’d like to cover,” said Vallance. “So we’d like your help […]

Wizzard Software, a company that specializes in speech recognition applications, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement for a $1,750,000 private placement with institutional investors. Earlier in the week, the company announced that it was acquiring podcast hosting service Libsyn. “The capital infusion allows us to continue funding our recently announced podcasting […]

Ron Nasty’s Final Taxi podcast, a show that looks at the lives of the recently deceased, is focusing on the undead this week, featuring stories of ghosts, vampires and haunted houses. “Halloween is about taking the morbid, scary and unknown and then making it something fun and celebratory. ‘Final Taxi’ has a similar goal — […]

Wizzard Software announced today that it has agreed to acquire Libsyn, the world‚Äôs largest podcasting network. Wizzard is on a spending spree; recently it announced several other podcast-related acquisitions. ‚ÄúLibsyn is on a mission to empower the content creator in this new age of independent media by creating unique opportunities to share advertising revenues with […]

Evan Williams has announced that he has created a new startup, Obvious Corp, and purchased the assets of the podcasting community he helped found, Odeo. Odeo has struggled to meet William’s expectations; though it’s a relatively popular podcasting community, the field is dominated by Apple. “I screwed up several things, which hindered that quick success,” […]

Black Box Theatre Company, a non-traditional theatrical troupe based in San Francisco, has announced plans for a World Premiere podcast of The Creature, a new adaptation of Mary Shelley‚Äôs Frankenstein. The Creature will be taped before a live studio audience at San Francisco’s Magic Theatre (Fort Mason Center, Building D, Laguna at Marina Blvd ) […]

A large survey of web professionals has found that many are planning to use podcasting, blogs and wikis in the next 12 months to help build communities. Highlights: 38 percent of developers intend to use blogs in their development projects 25 percent aim to use podcasting 20 percent mean to use wikis Syndication will also […]