The Zune portable media player, Microsoft’s iPod-killer, will be getting advanced podcasting support, according to exclusive information that we have received today. Microsoft hasn’t made an official announcement yet, but we’ve managed to obtain previously unreleased images that show the Zune’s podcast support in action. While we may have criticized Microsoft in the past for […]

Apple today started shipping Apple TV, a new class of computer peripheral that turns your HDTV into a big screen iPod. Apple TV connects physically to your television and wirelessly to a Mac or PC running iTunes. The device then lets you play iTunes content on your TV, including movies, TV shows, music, photos, podcasts […]

Here’s one we didn’t see coming…. Self-described Internet biz woman, marketing and sales pro from way back, start-up advisor and self-described “fun, fun gal” Suz Bratton, along with serial entrepreneur, pilot, kite boarder, and surfer Tim Bratton, have announced a new podcast/blog network, Personal Life Media. The network publishes podcasts and blogs targeting 35-65 year […]

On Friday, the United States Copyright Royalty Board announced new royalty rates for webcasts, effective from 2006 to 2010. The new rates force webcasters to pay for each traditionally copyrighted song streamed to each user, and increase over the next few years as follows: 2006: $0.0008 to stream one song to one listener 2007: $.0011 […]

Veteran broadcaster, musician and jazz afficionado Jason Crane has announced the launch of The Jazz Session, a weekly interview program with jazz personalities. The first episode features an interview with saxophonist Grant Stewart. Crane promises upcoming interviews with Bob Sneider, The Respect Sextet, and Pat LaBarbera. Crane also writes about jazz at All About Jazz […]

Radio industry website FMQB.com reports that public radio station KCRW/Santa Monica has been awarded a $600,000, three-year grant from the Annenberg Foundation, which the public radio station plans to use for “Web initiatives and podcasting.” paidContent.org elaborates that as part of “public media‚Äôs push into online media,” KCRW, the NPR flagship station for Southern California, […]

The Sonny Rollins Podcast, a new monthly video series, focuses on tenor saxophone legend Sonny Rollins and his music. The series tells Sonny’s story through interviews with band members, friends, fans, family, and Sonny himself, and utilizes performances current and classic as well as backstage footage. “These podcasts are essentially an ongoing documentary film that […]

The Star-Telegram has an interesting article that looks at the growing use of podcasts for distance learning: Distance learning has been around for decades, but thanks to the iPod and other digital music players, higher education is becoming as portable as a pop song. “I do testing for offshore rigs,” said Melvin Robinson, a Sugar […]

Bamboo MediaCasting today launched MediaToob, a mobile podcast service that delivers audio and video podcasts to mobile phones worldwide for offline access. The MediaToob one-click selection and viewing interface, together with background delivery, is designed to make it easy for users to enjoy mobile podcasts. MediaToob can deliver rich audio and video content including television […]

Yodio unveiled its new audio publishing service and online marketplace, described as the Blogger of podcasting, at the DEMO 07 conference today. Yodio hopes to define a new category of site, a Web community for anyone to create, publish, and buy/sell personal audio recordings. Yodio lets users record by phone using Yodio’s toll-free service or […]