On the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation along the Gulf Coast of the United States, another huge hurricane, Gustav, is howling around Cuba and heading for New Orleans, which was devastated by the 2005 hurricane. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is calling Gustav “the mother of all storms,” and has ordered the mandatory evacuation [...]
Not twelve hours had passed after the end of the Democratic Party’s National Convention in Denver, before presumptive GOP Presidential nominee John McCain this morning named whom he’d chosen to be his Vice-President on the Republican ticket.
Not three hours had passed after McCain’s nomination of first-term Alaska Governor Sarah Palin before little known facts about [...]
In this exclusive interview, audiobook podcasting pioneer Scott Sigler explains how he used his podcast to get a book deal and even a movie deal, how he uses social media to promote his work and why he wants to kill you off in his next book.
Lifestyle podcast and blog network Personal Life Media today unveiled a new audio player widget for distributing multiple podcast RSS feeds. The customizable widget, in turn, can be added to a user’s social network profile, blog or personal webpage.
The player is free and can be customized to match any web page or blog as well [...]
Rob Greenlee, Microsoft Zune Podcast Programming Lead, has introduced a new Zune podcast, Zune Insider. It’s an audio and video podcast, co-hosted by Greenlee and Zune blogger Cesar Menendez.
Rocketboom has announced a big distribution and advertising deal with Sony Pictures, giving the daily video blog exposure and promotion across all of Sony’s IP universe: via PS/3, Bravia TV and Crackle.
We talked with Rocketboom creator Andrew Michael Baron about the deal, the future of Rocketboom and more.
The industry group formed around the nascent podcast industry, The Association for Downloadable Media (ADM), has announced the release of two sets of recommended guidelines: ad unit standards and audience measurement guidelines. The recommendations released today grew from feedback and discussions of proposed standards, which were first unveiled in April at the ad:tech conference in [...]
Andrew Baron, creator of New York-based daily video podcast Rocketboom, sent us a note this morning, and asked that we spread the word about some job openings there:
“Rocketboom is expanding its content offerings and looking to hire several writers to join a daily team of writers for the online show. We’re looking for extremely creative, [...]
Podcasting site Odeo has relaunched. Again. We have kind of lost count, but Beta News says that this is Odeo’s sixth launch. Initially launched mid-2005, Odeo debuts (again) with a number of new features.
The biggest addition to the site is video, but other new capabilities allow users to:
– Search & explore over 500,000 channels [...]
BlogHer, the online community (and conference) for women bloggers, has entered a strategic partnership with iVillage, a subsidiary of NBC Universal and a popular website toward female viewers/readers. The agreement provides iVillage access to BlogHer’s network of 2200 member blogs, and shared promotional and advertising opportunities across BlogHer’s audience. As part of the [...]