blubrry’s Todd Cochrane announced today that his company was removing more than a hundred podcasts from its service and banning sites because of problems with “podspam”:
This morning I instructed our CIO to have all shows that were using a RSS Feed generation service hosted by trafficgeyser.net and mypodfeeds.com to be terminated here at Blubrry.com
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PodShow has officially announced that it has changed its name to Mevio. Along with this announcement, the company announced updates to its site.
The name change has been greeted with skepticism by many podcasters, and there’s already a “Mevio” entry in the Urban Dictionary.:
The act of renaming a company / business, thinking that the new name [...]

AmigoFish is a site that is sort of like a psychic friend that helps you find podcasts you’ll like.
To use it, you sign up for an account, and then rate some shows. Once you’ve rated shows that you like, you can get recommendations for more shows that you’ll like, based on what people with [...]

RawVoice announced on Tuesday the launch of PodcastFAQ.com, a site that offers, in their words, current and prospective podcasters “comprehensive insight into the field.”
The new site includes history, technology, industry trends and a portal to several online communities and directories. The site also offers a glossary of podcast terminology, support and instruction on how to [...]

The Guardian reports that the BBC is introducing music podcasts, featuring highlights from their radio programming and short music clips in “top 40″ style format.
Starting Saturday, November 17, the offerings will include Folk & Acoustic with Mike Harding from Radio 2, Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone from 6 Music and the Asian Network Chart. 1Xtra has [...]

Zune Podcast Programming Manager Rob Greenlee sends word that podcasters will be able to add their podcast to Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace podcast directory starting on November 13th.
We will be launching our Zune Marketplace Podcast Directory with approximately 1,000 podcast feeds shortly. The reason we are doing this is to seed the catalog with a [...]

UK podcast directory Podcast Nation has announced that it will be expanding its community by offering a new media enthusiasts’ social network, run on the Ning API, at http://podcastnation.ning.com.
Podcast Nation Editor-in-Chief Mark Crook said, “Podcast Nation is a great way for both finding and promoting podcasts, and by developing our community at Ning, which has [...]

At the Podcast and New Media Expo, Omaha Sternberg, CEO of MacBroadcast, announced the relaunch of MacRadio.com as a podcast directory and community site for the Macintosh community.
MacRadio will be offering access to Mac-centric podcasts listed in the directory, with the ability for users to browse or search through categories and tags to find the [...]

Yahoo’s decision to kill off the Yahoo podcast portal has generated a lot of discussion, and appears to be a sort of Rorschach test that reflects people’s attitudes about podcasting.
Does Yahoo’s Decision Reflects The State Of Podcasting?
At TechCrunch, Duncan Riley suggests that podcasting’s growth rate is the reason for the closing, saying that “podcast [...]

Yahoo has added a terse statement to its podcast portal, announcing the site’s imminent death:
Yahoo! apologizes deeply, but we will be closing down the Podcasts site on Oct. 31, 2007
Read/Write Web’s Marshall Kirkpatrick suggests that Yahoo’s decision to pull the plug may be a reflection of the rate of uptake of podcasting:
Some would argue that [...]