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Professional podcast training event company and publisher The Podcast Academy is “opening the vault” for a week, offering for sale a set of audio recordings of all the sessions, panels, and keynote addresses from the 2006, 2007, and 2008 New Media Expo.
“I decided to offer a historical look at podcasting,” said Podcast Academy editor-in-chief Michael [...]

The Podcast Awards has announced its slate of nominees for the 2008 Podcast Awards. 
This is the fourth year of the event, which has the goal of recognizing the best podcasters, nominated and chosen by podcast fans.
Voting will open on October 23rd with voting closing November 6th, at 2359.

Founder of the Podcast Awards Todd Cochrane plans to announce the 220 shows that have made the final voting slate for the 2008 event on Sunday, October 19th at 4PM Pacific Time @ PodcastAwards.com.
This is the fourth annual Podcasting Awards, which has the goal of recognizing the best podcasters in the world by allowing [...]

Two PodCamps are coming up in October: PodCamp Pittsburgh, which is known for having the best parties in the world, and the inaugural PodCamp Hawaii. 
PodCamp Pittsburgh 3 will take place on October 18 and 19, 2008, with a meet-and-greet the evening of October 17.
WHEN: October 18 and 19, 9am to 4pm each day
WHERE: Art Institute of Pittsburgh, [...]

YouTube today announced YouTube Alive, “a celebration of the site’s vast user communities; everyone from bedroom vloggers to world-famous rock stars, musicians, comedians, athletes, artists and more. Part concert, part variety show and part party, the event will bring to life many of the amazing videos and talent that YouTube viewers have already made popular [...]

Ever wish there was a PodCamp in your area?
PodCamps are fun, free or inexpensive events for people interested in blogging, social media, social networking, podcasting, video on the net and new media, in general. 
They’re also a chance to meet a lot of other cool podcasters. You might even end up in the greatest photo ever. 
The idea [...]

PodCamp Montreal, an unconference focusing on podcasts, blogs, video and social networks, will be held this weekend at UQAM’s Design Pavillion. 
Activities are scheduled Saturday September 20th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday September 21st from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A complete program is available online.
Members of the volunteer organising committee include some some of Montreal’s top podcasters and social media [...]

Tim Bourquin, creator of the New Media Expo, is thinking about quitting the tradeshow business.
He cites five reasons - reasons that he feels “threaten the very industry itself”:

High speed Internet costs. Nearly all convention centers have long-term, exclusive agreements in place with high speed Internet providers and the prices they are charging are ludicrous.
Drayage. Drayage [...]

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.