The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with a variety of individual podcasters and podcasting-related organizations, have released a joint statement opposing a new draft treaty being considered by the World Intellectual Property Organization, fearing that it could stifle innovation in podcasting and other forms of Internet distribution. “The Treaty will stifle innovation in podcasting-related technologies because […]

The Bob Moog Foundation for Electronic Music has introduced a podcast, the Moog Foundation Podcast. The first episode (MP3) features an introduction to the foundation and a look at the band Perpetual Groove, a synth rock band from Athens, Georgia.Moog, the creator of the Moog synthesizer and a pioneer of electronic music, died last year […]

Podcasting is increasingly a threat to the survival of satellite radio providers Sirius and XM. Both companies have faced increasing losses, even as their subscriber bases have grown.Sirius lost $237.8 million for the period compared with a loss of $177.6 million during second quarter of 2005. XM Satellite Radio on July 27 reported a second-quarter […]

Senator John Edwards, a podcaster and advocate for citizen’s media, talks with President Jimmy Carter about his book, Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis, in the latest episode of his podcast (MP3). “President Carter is an amazing person, and I was excited to have the opportunity to talk with him,” said Edwards.

The Corporate Podcasting Summit, described as Enterprise Podcasting 101, was held June 20 ‚Äì 21 in San Francisco. The Summit brought together people interested in corporate podcasting from around the world. Above, Elisabeth McLaury Lewin, Publisher of Podcasting News, at the Corporate Podcasting Summit with (l to r) Mark Blevis (podcasters across borders, electric sky […]

At the Corporate Podcasting Summit, Dana Gardner, principal analyst of Interarbor Solutions and producer of BriefingsDirect announced their plans to include full-text transcripts of their sponsored podcasts. The announcement reflects the reality that podcasts have to be found to be heard, and that can be difficult without text that can be indexed by search engines. […]

The iLifeZone is a new radio magazine-style podcast that focuses on the “Mac lifestyle.”The podcast features three hosts: Christopher Breen – Senior Editor at Macworld Magazine and Editor In Chief at Playlist Magazin‚Äù; Scott Bourne – the founder of NetRadio Network and a regular contributor to the O‚ÄôReilly Network; and Derrick Story – a professional […]

Harvard Business School Publishing recently introduce the HBR IdeaCast, a bi-weekly podcast featuring management ideas and commentary from the authors and editors of Harvard Business School Publishing. Each HBR IdeaCast is approximately twenty minutes in length and is usually comprised of two segments. A recent episode discussed marketing to avatars (MP3), people’s online alter-egos.

Popular Science is podcasting. The podcast features Jonathan Coulton, talking to the movers and shakers of sci-tech….and singing.

Akamai Technologies, a leading content delivery network service, has introduced a podcasting platform and “business model support infrastructure” for podcasting. In February of this year, PodShow, the podcasting startup founded by Adam Curry, announced a partnership with Limelight Networks to create the Podcast Delivery Network. Akamai’s announcement helps establish podcast delivery as a legitimate corporate […]