Starting this semester, students at Phoenix College (AZ) will have the chance to learn how to write, produce, and star in their own video blog or podcast. A new course, Videoblogging and Podcasting: Self-Broadcasting in the Web 2.0 World, begins Jan. 22 at the college’s downtown campus, 640 N. First Ave., Phoenix. Cheryl Colan, an […]

D&M Professional, parent company of Denon Professional and Marantz Professional, announced the launch of the D&M Professional Education Solutions Division (ESD). As part of the new division, the company announced the simultaneous introduction of www.education.d-mpro.com. The company hopes to use the new division to take a leadership role in the world of educational podcasting. Podcasting […]

UK podcast forum Britcaster will be closing December 15th, according to a post at Blogger News Network. Neil Dixon the man behind it, who now works for Adam Curry and Ron Bloom‚Äôs PodShow in the UK, has decided to pull the plug after two years.Dixon cited reasons of having insufficient time available to manage the […]

Steve Rubel at Micro Persuasion is wondering Why Yahoo is backing away from RSS. “Has anyone noticed that Yahoo’s love affair with RSS seems to be withering?” asks Rubel. “In the past few weeks Yahoo has rolled out three major new web sites – Yahoo! Food, Yahoo! Advertising and Yahoo! TV. They’re great sites, but […]

Podcast User Magazine (PUM) sends word that it has recently passed 100,000 downloads. The magazine, now at Issue #10, is a free PDF-based magazine about podcasting, combining information for experienced podcasters, newbies, and listeners with news, reviews and interviews. According to the publishers, PUM is downloaded in over 100 countries worldwide. PUM is available as […]

UK Podcasters will be assembling this weekend for for November 18th’s PodcastCon, a UK podcasting expo, held this year in Shoreditch, London. According to organizers, the conference promises something for all types of podcasters, with an extensive program and live music sets from well-known podsafe artists. Panelists include: US podcaster C.C. Chapman, Nicole Simon from […]

Amazon.com‚Äôs editors picked Tricks of the Podcasting Masters as one of the Top 10 Reference Books of 2006. This was the only book about podcasting to be included in any of the editors’ picks categories. Tricks of the Podcasting Masters, published by Que Publishing in May 2006, was co-authored by veteran podcasters Mur Lafferty (Geek […]

Macworld Expo 2007 will feature Podcasting Day, a day-long series of sessions for podcasters, hosted by Dusty Wright and Richard Burns, the owners and hosts of the” smart culture” audio and video podcasting site Culture Catch. The Podcasting Market Symposium will take place Jan. 12, 2007, in San Francisco at MacWorld. This series of sessions […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published information about how individuals can investigate government agencies. The Bloggers’ FAQ on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) outlines how to use open government laws to get access to records kept by federal agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or the […]

Podcast Solutions, by Michael Geoghegan and Dan Klass, is a comprehensive introduction to podcasting. The book is bylined “The Complete Guide to Podcasting,” and does a good job of delivering on this promise. A powerhouse of podcasting talent is behind the book. The authors, Geoghegan and Klass, are podcasters that pioneered the production of podcasts […]