Today through Thursday, I’m in San Francisco to attend ad:tech, one of a series of conventions focused on advertising and digital marketing. I will be covering the event for Podcasting News, trying to get a sense of what’s happening in downloadable media from the sponsor and advertiser’s point of view. I’m also here to make […]

Veronica Belmont, former host of Mahalo Daily, has ‘fessed up about her next gig: Most of you guessed that one of my new projects was over at Revision3 as the new co-host of Tekzilla with Patrick Norton. And yes, you are correct! In fact, I was over there yesterday shooting for Friday’s episode. As I’ve […]

Revision3, the video podcasting network launched by the guys from Digg, has introduced a new weekly show, The Digg Reel, that offers 15-minutes of highlights from the highest-rated videos on Digg for that week. “There’s so much crap out there, it’s great to have the Digg community filter out the best, but no one can […]

We reported earlier today that Robert Scoble was leaving PodTech to move to Fast Company. In a post on his blog, Scoble explains why he is making the move: “I don’t love doing much except for interviewing and blogging and my family. I’ve run the books at UserLand Software. I hated that. I’ve tried managing […]

The Association For Downloadable Media (ADM), a newly-formed organization dedicated to “providing standards for advertising and audience measurement for episodic and downloadable media,” announced today the election results for the 20 positions on its board. Podcasting News Publisher Elisabeth McLaury Lewin talked with some of the newly-elected board members and committee heads, asking about what […]

The Association for Downloadable Media (ADM) announced today the election results for its Executive Board (Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer), Advisory Board seats, and committee chairs. The ADM, a newly-formed industry organization dedicated to standardization and monetization of new media, has been formed to focus specifically on any content downloaded by consumers, and will work […]

NewTeeVee has announced the schedule for NewTeeVee Live, a new media conference set for San Francisco, November 14th. It looks to be a very tightly scheduled one-day event, with speakers from Joost, AT&T, Turner, VideoEgg, Heavy, MySpace, Blip.tv, Revision3, Nnig, Cisco and Akamai. The lineup focuses on corporate new media. PodTech’s Robert Scoble calls the […]

Business Week is hyping the advertising potential of podcasts, calling them The Next Big Ad Medium. According to their analysis, podcasts are poised to grab a larger slice of the multibillion-dollar online advertising pie. They highlight research from eMarketer expects that advertisers will spend more than $400 million on podcasting by 2011, up from $80 […]

What do you get when you mix Diggnation’s Kevin Rose with beer? Details on the upcoming Apple iPhone. According to Kevin, there are two models, 4 GB and 8 GB, priced at $249 and $449, with support for multiple carrier systems. The device will feature a slide-out keyboard, a touch screen and two batteries (one […]

The Vloggies, a video blogging award presented by PodTech, were held Saturday, November 4th, in a ceremony in San Francisco. The ceremony was hosted by PodTech’s Irina Slutsky, and soap-opera star turned vlogger Daniel McVicar. Winners included Rocketboom, Ryanne Hodson, Ask a Ninja, Diggnation and Galacticast. Josh Wolf, who is currently in jail for refusing […]