R&B star Usher has launched a video podcast, Ucast, to coincide with the release of his latest CD, Here I Stand
10 initial video podcast episodes are planned, offering viewers a behind the scenes view of launching an album, producing a video and preparing for a tour.
�The entertainment business is much more than the red carpets [...]

EQAL, the studio behind faux-vlog shows LonelyGirl15 & KateModern, has signed a deal with CBS to create online content.
The two companies will work on producing multi-platform content, including online and mobile, around CBS programming. EQAL will work on a non-exclusive basis with CBS at consulting, producing and scripting.
“This partnering signals CBS’s attention to the web [...]

Beet.tv’s Andy Plesser reports that the co-producers of lonelygirl15, Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried, have raised $5 million in venture funding for their new company, EQAL.
They’re building a digital media studio and working on product placement and licensing deals.
“We’re going to teach Hollywood how to do it right,” said Beckett.

The latest episode of NYT’s Only In New York podcast celebrates the history of Take Me Out To The Ballgame.
The lyricist was Jack Norworth, a 29-year-old actor and monologist, who was performing that spring at Hammerstein’s in Midtown, and who had already written another classic, “Shine On Harvest Moon.”
Supposedly, Norworth was riding the old Ninth [...]

 

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The Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California is expanding its reach, using YouTube to bring things like the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest (above) to the world. 
“The purpose of a fair is to celebrate and showcase the community. Fairs are social events and social media is perfect for fairs because of this. We’re inviting folks to participate online, [...]

Natural/organic supermarket chain Whole Foods Market, is launching Whole Earth Generation, a video podcast series dedicated to raising environmental awareness among young people.
The podcast project is beginning with a search for six “fresh-faced personalities” aged 8 to 17, to be auditioned as hosts of this green-themed series. Children from all over the United States and [...]

UK mobile developers Coolgorilla have launched the London Travel Guide, a free travel guide specifically designed for iPods, iPhones and mobile phones.
The London Travel Guide packs over 400 pages of info, along with interactive features, onto your portable media player. The guide is designed to be regularly updated, so you can have the most [...]

A prison in the Philippines is using podcasting to share information about the jailhouse “paradise”.
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan City, The Philippines, is now podcasting, a first among jails in the Philippines. The goal of the podcast is to disseminate information on the activities of and their projects [...]

An Apple patent reveals that the company is working on a podcast aggregator that would dynamically collect the news that you are interested in and deliver a personalized news podcast, according to a report at AppleInsider.
In other words - Apple wants to be your news and information station.
The system would allow you to:

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Most marketers believe that television advertising has become less effective in the past two years. As a result, marketers are interested in exploring new ad formats and new forms of video commercials, according to the the latest TV & Technology survey conducted by the ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and Forrester Research, Inc.
Highlights of the [...]