Kiptronic, an ad marketplace for the podcasting industry, and IODA, the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, have announced a partnership to help promote artists and record labels via podcasts. Kiptronic will provide a customized version of the Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace for use by IODA and its alliance of more than 2,700 independent record labels, covering over […]

On Monday, Chicago Public Radio will introduce a This American Life podcast. Starting Monday, October 16, each show will be available to podcast subscribers on the Monday following its national broadcast. After seven days, the shows wil migrate to the program’s online archives. The price for downloads of these archived shows is $0.95 cents per […]

Qloud (pronounced ‚Äúcloud‚Äù) today launched a public beta of its search service and iTunes plug-in. Qloud uses media player plug-ins to provide the listener data that powers Qloud‚Äôs search. In the Qloud service, users can then search through this information, and can do so in multiple ways: music preference (how much it is played, how […]

After a 6 month trial, the BBC are shelving the Ouch! podcast, a show that takes an irreverent look at disabilities. Fans of the show can sign a petition to help save the show. According to presenter Liz Carr, “The podcast has been a resounding success. It filled a gaping hole in disability entertainment… This […]

Former Rocketboom host Amanda Congdon got her start in video podcasting via an ad at Craigslist. These recent help wanted listings might not be similar opportunities, but stranger things have happened. Bikini Model Model for an outdoor viral video ad to be shown on YouTube and Podcast. Blogger a plus. Spaloo is looking for a […]

The University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) is using iTunes U, Apple’s educational podcast service, to provide new content by McGraw-Hill Higher Education as part of a pilot program. The University is testing using McGraw-Hill’s rich-media educational content to engage students in new ways. This initiative also is giving students the opportunity to directly participate in the […]

Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Private Domain Depot has introduced a Quick Podcast service for home, hobby or business podcasters. The company is offering three plans to choose from, starting at $5.99/month for 1GB of disk space and 100 GB bandwidth, which they say is equivalent to about 3,600 downloads of a 1-hour talk […]

Blue Microphones, a leading microphone technology vendor, has introduced two new Applets for their Snowball USB Microphone which adds further flexibility to its dual-capsule design by giving users more control over the input gain. The Snowball has been popular with podcasters because it is a relativley inexpensive USB microphone. Two new free firmware applets for […]

Webwag.com, a personalizable start page service that launched in September, lets users design their own start page as a” universal mash-up”, with news and blogs feeds of their choice, the ability to check several emails accounts, listen to podcasts with an iPod-styled player, show local weather forecast and other services. ‚ÄúWebwag helps users to personalize […]

Pamela Gay, a physics professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is the co-host of Astronomy Cast, a new podcast that takes a “weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos.” “I’ve always been interested in popularizing astronomy and how to get more people interested in what I do,” said Gay, of Edwardsville. She is joined by Fraser […]