Podcasting startup PodTech, which has been struggling with its finances, questionable content development choices and its image, today announced that it had ended its external search for a CEO and had instead promoted Chief Operating Officer James McCormick to CEO. Founder and current CEO John Furrier will continue to serve on the board of directors […]

Podango’s¬†Scott Bourne has announced plans to form a new podcaster’s group, the Association of Podcasters & Online Media Producers (APOMP). The nascent group is a response to the recently announced¬†Association for Downloadable Media (ADM),¬†which some podcasters feel is too focused on commercial podcasting. ¬† Bourne’s group¬†would like your input, and are asking podcasters to fill […]

Publishers interested in making money with Internet media have advertising trends on their side. According to Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS), a private equity firm dedicated to the media,¬†Internet advertising, including pure-play websites and digital extensions of traditional media, will replace newspapers as the largest ad medium in 2011. ¬† VSS believes that people are¬†shifting their […]

Information Week’s Alexander Wolfe today offered his DRM Scorecard, summarizing it Hackers Batting 1000, Industry Zero. “Every single significant attempt at consumer-music DRM has been cracked,” writes Wolfe. He supports this by noting that CSS (older DVD encryption), Fairplay (Apple’s encryption technology), AACS (new DVD encryption technology) and Windows Media DRM have all been cracked. […]

27-time Grammy winner and entertainment icon Quincy Jones has introduced a video podcast series, the Quincy Jones Show. The podcast offers a behind-the-scenes look at Jones’ world, including footage of him at work in the studio with some legendary performers. ‚ÄúI live to touch and share my love and wisdom with people around the world,‚Äù […]

Podcasting and video podcasting startup PodTech has had its share of negative coverage recently, being described by some as “the Valley’s worst video network.” The company has been struggling to get additional funding, has recently let some of its staff go and has been criticized for the quality of its content. PodTech CEO John Furrier’s […]

Pioneering podcaster and PodTech CEO John Furrier has posted a defense of the company, which has struggled to become profitable, failed to find new investors and has had to let go some of its content creators. The company has also been subjected to scathing coverage recently, especially from “tech gossip rag” Valleywag, which described PodTech […]

A new organization, the Association for Downloadable Media (ADM), announced its formation yesterday. The goal of the ADM is to create standards for audience measurement and advertising for downloadable media. The ADM also hopes to accelerate the growth of podcasting into a commercially viable medium. The ADM plans to focus primarily on the world of […]

It looks like the high-profile negotiations between¬†the music industry and¬†commercial Internet broadcasters over royalty rates for netcasting traditionally licensed music is moving from the court system to the backroom. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has denied motions to stay any aspect of the ruling by the Copyright Royalty Judges […]

Podcasters Across Borders 2007, a podcasting event scheduled for June 22-24 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, will feature sessions, panels, an audio production workshop, two major concerts and even a boat cruise. “We are approaching a second consecutive sellout,” said Mark Blevis, one of the show organizers. “We’ve attracted people from across Canada (including Whitehorse which […]