Users of free podcast host WildVoice.com have been notified that the service will cease operation next month. The latest (and perhaps last?) post on the company blog states: “We will no longer be supporting the WildVoice.com site as of July 1, 2009. The site will shutdown sometime on or after that date. We’re sure you’ve […]

Late last year, podcast network and hosting provider Podango shut down rather abruptly. We heard from Podango cofounder Lee Gibbons yesterday, with an update on what is happening with the Utah-based startup: I hope this message finds you well. This email is to update you on Podango’s situation. After seeking funding from both traditional and […]

\ Podcast hosting service Podango’s site has been wiped off the face of the internet.  Visit their site and you’ll get a message that they are “currently on vacation”. Podcasters hoping to recover anything from Podango’s site appear to be out of luck.  But at least their logo now shows Podango as being out of […]

blubrry has announced that it’s offering a free month of podcast hosting to podcasters left homeless by the Podango failure: We are prepared to assist the Podango podcasters by offering a step by step process and and special tool to automate the transferring of media files from Podango to the Blubrry network. In addition we […]

New media pundit Paul Colligan has some interesting comments for podcasters today, in response to Podango’s shutdown announcement: If you are a Podcaster on Podango (or any other site that has their domain name (not yours)), now is the time to own the very media you’ve worked so hard to create. If you use any […]

Podcasting startup Podango has announced that its future is uncertain, attributing its situation to the current uncertainties of the financial market.

Podango is warning users to make sure they’ve got their data backed up before the end of this month.

Podcamp NYC is coming up this weekend, April 25-26, at Brooklyn Polytechnic. Podcamp NYC is an unconference focused on educating participants on how to use, implement and share all kinds of new media tools including, podcasts, videocasts, blogs, Second Life, Facebook, and YouTube. The conference is free to attend, but you must register in advance. […]

For the third year in a row, Dixie Consumer Products has renewed its sponsorship of the MommyCast podcast, with a new 2008-year agreement. The continuing relationship will allow Dixie to maintain its role as a “preferred online sponsor” and partner of the long-running and popular MommyCast. Gretchen Vogelzang, co-host and co-founder of MommyCast, said, “We […]

A number of well-known figures in the podcast production and promotion industry will be featured at the MacWorld Podcasting and Rich Media Symposium, all day next Friday, January 18th, at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. The MacWorld Podcasting and Rich Media Symposium promises to cover the whole gamut of podcast issues, from creation, audience-building, monetization, […]