Lifestyle podcast publisher Personal Life Media have added ten new shows to their network, bringing the total to 35 weekly audio programs and one daily vidcast, along with their companion blogs. The focus of the new shows ranges widely: from hobby-related digital photography, literature and genealogy, to conversations about lifestyle design and holistic health, to […]

Barack Obama has soundly beaten John McCain and it’s clear that Obama’s new media strategy played a big part in this win.

While McCain pulled back from new media and focused his attention on core supporters via old media, Obama got his message out anywhere people were listening.

We love Halloween almost as much as we love Internet media. Luckily, there are lots of ways to get your Halloween fix with new media.  Here are some of our favorites: Watch Night Of The Living Dead On Hulu It’s an hour and 36 minute zombie creepfest. What more do you need?

Professional podcast training event company and publisher The Podcast Academy is “opening the vault” for a week, offering for sale a set of audio recordings of all the sessions, panels, and keynote addresses from the 2006, 2007, and 2008 New Media Expo. “I decided to offer a historical look at podcasting,” said Podcast Academy editor-in-chief […]

Microsoft today released a free software update that will bring new features to all Zune portable media players. The new software will allow Zune users to: wirelessly stream and download music from the Zune Marketplace store on the go; tag and purchase songs directly from the built-in FM radio; and tap into new, personalized music recommendations […]

MTR Podcast Recorder is a free WordPress plugin that lets you record real-time podcasts and save them on the server where your WordPress blog is installed. Recordings are saved into the MP3 format. The plugin also lets you manage your playlists and recordings from the WordPress administration, and it lets you add a Podcast Player widget […]

Almerica reports that Apple has rejected the hotly anticipated Podcaster iPhone application from the App Store: Today I finally got a reply from Apple about the status of Podcaster. Apple Rep says: Since Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes. That’s right folks, it duplicates […]

Take Control Books has published a new ebook, Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac, 2nd Edition. The ebook, by Andy J. Williams Affleck, covers what you need to begin your first podcast, without spending much (if any) money. Changes in the book include coverage of WireTap Studio and Übercaster; updated Garageband coverage and tips on getting great interviews.  […]

Celtx is a free multi-platform media pre-production program, designed to help you not just do scriptwriting, but to pre-produce all types of media – film, video, documentary, theater, machinima, comics, advertising, gaming, music video, radio, podcasts and videocasts. It’s a very deep application, with support for creating scripts, storyboard scenes and sequences, develop characters, breakdown […]

In an unusual letter to its shareholders, podcasting mega service Wizzard Software explains why it’s bullish on the prospects for podcasting: Wizzard has surprised many people by becoming the largest distributor of digital media via RSS (podcasting). While many other companies took the route of launching online video websites and treating RSS distribution as nothing […]