The Chrysalis Group, a UK media firm, is vowing to push into podcasting. CEO Richard Huntingford said that he had a team of employees investigating online opportunities in an effort to exploit Chrysalis‚Äôs key radio brands, which also include Galaxy and LBC. The comments came as Chrysalis reported a sharp fall in interim profits to […]

Dunlop Tires is using video podcasting to reach auto enthusiasts. The podcasts are being used to deliver information about new products, the sport of drifting and other automotive sports. ‚ÄúEnthusiasts are naturally drawn to the latest technologies in automotive, electronics, communication and tires, so it‚Äôs only natural that Dunlop would build a library of information […]

The Corporate Podcasting Summit, being held June 20 – 21 in San Francisco Bay, has announced its complete lineup of speakers, including enterprise podcasters and leading commentators. The event, described as Enterprise Podcasting 101, is intended to provide podcasters and businesses the latest information on “the how, where and why of business podcasting.”

Slate magazine is making one of its most popular features available as a “textcast,” a podcast in which the main thing being delivered to your iPod is text rather than audio. Slate’s Todays’ Papers textcast is a small file containing a summary of the top stories from the nation’s best newspapers. You can then read […]

Disney is using video podcasting to help promote the upcoming Pixar computer-animated film, Cars. The movie, directed by John Lasseter (Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug‚Äôs Life), is a comedy adventure set inside the world of cars. The video podcast features the kind of behind-the-scenes additions that are often added to DVD releases, including […]

Popular Science is podcasting. The podcast features Jonathan Coulton, talking to the movers and shakers of sci-tech….and singing.

The Podcast & Portable Media Expo, being held September 29-30 in Ontario, California, has announced the schedule for this years sessions. Speaker/instructors will include Michael Geoghegan of Podcast Solutions, Paul Colligan, Rick Klau of Feedburner, a panel of podcast advertising experts, podcast law experts Colette Vogele and Denise Howell, Evo Terra – author of Podcasting […]

The UK’s Daily Telegraph, one of the first newspapers to podcast, has redesigned its site. Notable is prominent featuring of the sites podcasts: The placement highlights that fact that some newspapers are beginning to see podcasting and video podcasting as a way to branch into media that has previously been dominated by radio and television. […]

Canada’s CBC Radio One has announced that it will now be offering a number of its programs as podcasts and as free online downloads.Programming will include the ‚Äúbest of‚Äù editions from The Current, Dispatches, Definitely Not the Opera, Ideas, Outfront, and As It Happens, plus highlight packages of regionally-based radio programs. CBC recently conducted an […]

a la mode, a developer of tools for real estate professionals, has announced a new service for its agent customers, Propertycast. The new services lets agents podcast information on homes for sale to customers with iPods, portable MP3 players, and personal computers. ‚ÄúPodcasting has exploded because it delivers content automatically for ultimate consumer convenience,‚Äù said […]