Podcast Distribution

Blubrry Intros 4 New Features

Jul 3rd, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcast Distribution, Podcast Hosting, Podcasting, Podcasting Networks

Podcast community site Blubrry has introduced 4 new features:

Show promos - This will make it easier for listeners to get a quick introduction to a show and allow podcasters in the network to more easily promote each other.
Audio embed - this feature gives members added exposure beyond Blubrry and their own websites.
Surveys -  this is [...]



Wizzard Media Podcast Advertising Up 46% In One Quarter

Jul 1st, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Podcast Hosting, Podcasting Statistics

Podcasting network Wizzard Media today announced that it served over 13,700,000 podcast ad impressions through its Alchemy advertising technology in the quarter ending June 30, 2009. This represents an increase of 251% year-to-year and a 46% increase from the 9.4 million ad impressions served in the first quarter of 2009.
Wizzard Ad Impression History

2008 – Q2 [...]



PowerPress Podcasting Plugin Updated

Mar 14th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcast Distribution, Podcasting, Podcasting Software

The Blubrry PowerPress plugin for Wordpress version 0.7.1 is now available.
The latest version includes a large number of new features as well as bug fixes.
New Features:

Simple/Advanced Modes

Simple Mode is perfect for podcasters just starting out
Advanced Mode includes additional settings, tools and features.
Enhanced iTunes Summary option (learn more)

Create Unlimited Custom Podcast Feeds

Each Feed includes the same [...]



New App, doubleTwist, Like iTunes For All Your Gadgets, Sites!

Feb 24th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Internet TV, Podcast Distribution, Video, Video Software

Startup company doubleTwist today launched a public beta of a new universal media application for the Mac that’s like iTunes for everything.
doubleTwist’s goal for the product is to be ”a single, streamlined interface that connects to any device, media source or network.” In other words, they want to make moving your media around, from your computer, [...]



WordPress Hack Lets You Host Your Audio On YouTube For Free

Feb 21st, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcast Distribution

Erik Rassmussen has released a WordPress plugin that’s designed to make it easy for audio bloggers to use YouTube as a free audio host. 
YT-Audio adds an flash audio player to your blog that streams audio from YouTube. It works by trimming the standard YouTube video player to only show the controls. The above image shows what [...]



Britney Spears, WWE & Barack Obama: The Future Of Internet Media?

Feb 12th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Streaming Video, Video

YouTube comedian and video guru Kevin Nalts has posted his take on the importance of topicality and timing for the success of Internet media:
Want lots of views on your video? Timing and topicality is important. The reason sxephil and whatthebuck are two of the most-subscribed YouTube amateurs is partially because they vlog about what’s hot. [...]



Podcaster iPhone App Reborn As RSS Player, But Still Handicapped By Apple

Jan 27th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting, Podcasting Software, iPods & Portable Media Players

Earlier in the year, we reported on Apple’s banning of the Podcaster iPhone app from the App Store.
At the time, Apple explained its decision like this:
Since Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes.
We called this a bad decision on Apple’s part, because it “sends the [...]



Wizzard Media: 1.2 Billion Podcasts Served

Jan 22nd, 2009 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting, Podcasting Networks

Podcasting network Wizzard Media announced today that it fielded an unprecedented 1.2 billion podcast download requests, averaging of 3.04 million requests for podcast episodes per day, in 2008. Wizzard is comprised of podcast-hosting services Libsyn, Switchpod and Blast Podcast.
The total monthly unique audience size grew by over 100% across the Wizzard Network, from 7 million [...]



Oprah Podcasts On iTunes

Jan 13th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, Educational Podcasts, Featured Story, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting, Video, Video Podcasts

If you still have any doubt about whether podcasting is becoming a mainstream phenomenon, Oprah and Apple have announced that her series of podcasts is available through iTunes.



Free Beatles Podcast Says Hello, Goodbye; The Suits Say “You Can’t Do That!”

Jan 6th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Corporate Podcasts, Featured Story, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting Law

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s free podcast of all of the Beatles’ music played Hello, Goodbye as it was introduced and then quickly yanked because of licensing agreements.