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 […]

There’s been a lot of blog discussion, recently, about podcasting startup PodTech and its struggles to become profitable. The company is burning through cash to support 38 employees and high-rent office space in Palo Alto, but has failed to create any breakout Internet TV franchises. CenterNetworks’ Allen Stern offers Five Suggestions to Improve PodTech: Update […]

A survey (pdf)¬†of music fans in the UK suggests that pricing at Apple’s iTunes music store may be keeping people from buying more legal music downloads, and could be driving people to file-sharing sites. Equally surprising, the survey suggests that most music fans don’t know or care about DRM (Digital Rights Management software). iTunes Pricing […]

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 […]

The Pittsburgh (PA) Tribune-Review reports that Wizzard Software Inc. “entered into an agreement with four institutional investors for $7.5 million in equity financing.” Wizzard has, in the past year, acquired three podcast-hosting networks, Switchpod, Blast Podcast and Liberated Syndication (Libsyn). This new batch of financing follows a $1.75 million investment announced last October. That earlier […]

Vator.tv has launched (or relaunched) as a sort of YouTube for entrepreneurs. The name Vator comes the idea of an “elevator” pitch. Users can upload business pitches, where they can be rated & discussed. The company hopes to become a platform for making starting a business more efficient. The startup was launched on a limited […]

Content delivery network Akamai Technologies unveiled today a new service that lets you interactively view real-time statistics on Internet traffic. In addition to letting you view Latency, Traffic and Attacks for the Internet, the service provides net usage indexes for Music, News and Retail. The information is captured by Akamai’s content delivery network. Akamai has […]

Audible has announced that it is shuttering its proprietary podcasting alternative, Audible Wordcast: Dear Audible Wordcast customer, Regretfully, as of September 1, 2007, the Audible Wordcast service will no longer be available for public use. In the coming 90 days, we‚Äôll provide you with details regarding the process of shutting down or moving your podcasts […]

ESPN today launched a set of free, downloadable video podcasts available daily. The first video podcast offerings include: a downloadable version of the popular ESPN.com SportsCenter Minute; the “Big Finish” from ESPN‚Äôs Pardon The Interruption (PTI); the “First Word” segment from ESPN‚Äôs Around The Horn; ESPN Digital Media‚Äôs “Fantasy Focus” daily original fantasy sports news […]