NewTeeVee reports that there’s now porn on the Roku Internet video system: A new channel popped up on Roku yesterday called EroticVision.TV that makes adult content available on the broadband set-top box for the first time. But the new “adult entertainment” channel hasn’t actually been approved by Roku, and it operates in a kind of […]

Google asked 50 random people of different ages and backgrounds in Times Square in New York a simple question: “What is a browser?” The results are pathetic and scary – but they make clear why you shouldn’t assume that people have a clue about how to subscribe to your podcast, how to watch your video […]

WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg has announced that WordPress is throwing itself behind RSS Cloud, a step that could put millions of bloggers and podcasters one step closer to real-time updates: Today we turned on support for all 7.5 million blogs on WordPress.com something called RSS Cloud, which is basically a way for people to get […]

Registration is now open for PodCamp Pittsburgh 4, scheduled for October 10th and 11th at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. PodCamp Pittsburgh started out as a podcasting unconference, but has grown to cover a variety of new media/social media topics. “We have seen a surge of interest in social media this year — not just […]

Podcasting network Wizzard Media today announced that it served over 13,700,000 podcast ad impressions through its Alchemy advertising technology in the quarter ending June 30, 2009. This represents an increase of 251% year-to-year and a 46% increase from the 9.4 million ad impressions served in the first quarter of 2009. Wizzard Ad Impression History 2008 […]

Earlier in the week, we reported that free podcast hosting site WildVoice.com was abruptly shutting down. blubrry‘s Todd Cochrane has announced a special for former WildVoice users: The team at Blubrry is sad to see another Podcast Hosting and Podcast Media site going off-line. However, the news of WildVoice shutting down July 1 means podcasters […]

In 2008, podcasting, vlogging and new media in general were effectively banned from the Olympics. For future events, the Olympics has to embrace new media, according to Reuters editor-in-chief David Schlesinger, because the rules governing who can report from the Olympic Games are outdated in the age of Twitter. In a speech to the International […]

An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal about New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly closed with a mention of a favorite cardio workout podcast – the long-running (pun intended) Podrunner. The Podrunner series features free exercise music mixes for runners, joggers, power walkers, cyclists, elliptical trainers, aerobics, or “anyone who can use nonstop, fixed-tempo […]

Podcast production company StoryQuest is seeking multilingual freelance audio producers for “flexible part-time work.” StoryQuest is a Chicago-based company that produces corporate podcasts with a twist – the podcasts feature the clients’ stories – those of the people and the customers. Company founder, Tim Keelan, describes the podcasts as being “driven by a deep commitment […]

ReadWriteWeb blogger Marshall Kirkpatrick, right, and proto-podcaster Dave Winer kicked off a new podcast today, the Bad Hair Day Podcast. The podcast is old-school, basically an unedited conversation between the two, tech snafus and all. In the first episode, Kirkpatrick and Winer touch on the new iPhone OS, Twitter and even Kirkpatrick’s bizarre unicorn fetish. […]