Stephen Euin Cobb, host of the 2006 Parsec award winning podcast The Future And You has announced a partnership with Jim Baen’s Universe, the largest SF&F online magazine in the world. In every issue of the magazine, Cobb will write a regular column, What’s new in The Future And You, as well as a nonfiction […]

The podcast Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing has gone from zero to over a million downloads since launching in late July, according to its creators at the QDnow Network. Show host and creator Mignon Fogarty says the key to the show’s success has been making it fun. Fogarty uses humorous examples […]

Perhaps all of you have moved on to “Black Friday” holiday shopping activities, but the folks at Podcasting News are staying home today. Who needs to be in line at Best Buy at 5 a.m. to get a good deal on a HDTV, when there are so many good bits of Thanksgiving still to enjoy? […]

Wizzard Software released a shareholder announcement today, highlighting its accomplishments in the first three quarters of 2006. According to the company, “With the acquisitions of Switchpod and Blast Podcast and the pending acquisition of Liberated Syndication, we now are the largest podcasting network in the world.” According to Wizard, the combined organizations deliver over 43 […]

ID3 Magazine today announced the inclusion of GoFish Corporation (OTCBB: GOFH) and Wizzard Software Corporation (OTCBB: WIZD) in its ID3 Podcast Index of publicly traded podcasting-related companies. “We have selected these two companies to include in the index, because they both exhibit strong user and client traction and are representative of the high-growth potential in […]

Podcasting‚Äôs hillbilly savant Wichita Rutherford, host of the 5 Minutes With Wichita podcast, has announced that he’s been signed to create his own TV show. Rutherford signed a deal last week with Blue Highways TV. According to Rutherford, he’s the first podcaster to get his own television show. ‚ÄúI‚Äôm so happy I can‚Äôt hardly stand […]

Wizzard Software, a company that specializes in speech recognition applications, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement for a $1,750,000 private placement with institutional investors. Earlier in the week, the company announced that it was acquiring podcast hosting service Libsyn. “The capital infusion allows us to continue funding our recently announced podcasting […]

Podcast Pickle is looking for podcasters to compete in its Pickle Tales: Battle of the Podcast Stars contest. The contest challenges podcasters to write and produce 5-minute stories, skits or essays on an assigned theme. Listeners will be able to vote for their favorites in each round of the contest, and each round will narrow […]

The¬†Podcast Peer Awards, a podcasting award chosen by members of the Podcast Peers¬†site, have been announced. The most honored show was Digital Flotsam, which won in three categories: Favorite, Best Production, and Best Storytelling. “I am thrilled, amazed, and grateful for the votes I received,” said P.W. Fenton, the creator and producer of the show. […]

Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a century-old institution described as “elegant and refined, but perhaps a bit fusty,” has introduced a classical music podcast, The Concert. The recordings are from the museum’s regular concert series, and feature performances by acclaimed master musicians and up-and-coming young artists. A new program is posted every two weeks. ‚ÄúBecause […]