At the 2007 Winter NAMM Show, a music and recording industry convention recently held in Anaheim, California, Behringer introduced their Podcastudio USB Bundle, a kit for professional podcasting, music production and digital home recording. Features: High-resolution 2 In / 2 Out USB audio interface with plug-and-play for Windows XP and Mac OS X operating systems […]

The Skullcandy MacGyver MP3 Watch not only has possibly the coolest name ever for a watch, it puts up to 1 Gig of memory for podcasts and music on your wrist. The Skullcandy MacGyver MP3 watch features a selectable 5-mode audio equalizer, 3-D stereo sound, music shuffle play feature, a built-in voice recorder and an […]

The Wall Street Journal today has a myopic report on the state of music podcasting, saying that podcasters have failed to make headway in the area of music podcasts. The focus of the article is on the mainstream music industry’s tentative steps into the world of podcasting, but the article ignores the tremendous popularity of […]

Kiptronic, an ad marketplace for the podcasting industry, and IODA, the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, have announced a partnership to help promote artists and record labels via podcasts. Kiptronic will provide a customized version of the Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace for use by IODA and its alliance of more than 2,700 independent record labels, covering over […]

Seattle-based Divvycast this week unveiled a podcasting portal dedicated to “connecting musicians with advertisers.” Divvycast lets musicians create and upload podcasts and gain sponsorship from interested advertisers. Musicians can generate income by posting these podcasts with the top podcast aggregators and social networking sites across the internet. Through music clips, live concert recordings, and interviews, […]

Cingular Wireless and Melodeo today announced the availability of Melodeo’s Mobilcast podcast service. Cingular customers can now search and listen to thousands of podcasts on their Cingular phone. “Mobilcast further enables the mobile news and entertainment capabilities of your cell phone by providing quick and simple access to podcast favorites while on the go,” said […]

WildVoice, a podcasting host and podcast community currently in beta, has announced support for embedding podcasts at MySpace and blog sites. Users can create podcasts with WildVoice and then add those audio messages to blogs and other social networking sites. “Social networking is all about personalization in the often anonymous cyber world. Nothing is more […]

A new podcast directory, Music Only Podcasts, is – you guessed it – a directory that features only music podcasts. It’s currently a fairly small directory, but it is focused and also makes it easy to preview the shows by providing a featured show link for each podcast.

Alltel Wireless, America’s largest mobile network, and Melodeo, a podcast community for PC and mobile phones, today launched Axcess Mobilcast service. The service lets Alltel Wireless customers search and listen to thousands of podcasts on their wireless phones for a monthly subscription of $3.99. Alltel Wireless is the first company in the United States to […]

Nielsen//NetRatings announced today that 6.6 percent of the U.S. adult online population, or 9.2 million Web users, have recently downloaded an audio podcast. 4.0 percent, or 5.6 million Web users, have recently downloaded a video podcast. These figures put the podcasting population on a par with those who publish blogs, 4.8 percent, and online daters, […]