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Podiobooks.com Moves To LibsynPro 2, Joins Wizzard Media Network

May 15th, 2008

Wizzard Media announced today that Podiobooks.com, a free audiobook podcast network, is now using LibsynPRO 2.0 podcast hosting and will make their library of shows available on the Wizzard Media Network for advertising opportunities.
“Libsyn has always been a valued partner for Podiobooks.com and one that is always willing to work with us, as our needs [...]



Podcasting Network Wizzard Announces Three Distribution Deals

April 22nd, 2008

Podcasting network Wizzard has announced three new distribution deals:

It has increased its Latino catalog of shows by signing an agreement with www.elatinoweekly.com, an independent Latino-centered entertainment and current affairs publication based in Los Angeles, California. Under the agreement, Wizzard Media will distribute the Latino-centric video from eLatinoWeekly.Com.
A deal with independent music label iRecords will bring [...]



ADM Proposes Downloadable Media Audience Measurement Guidelines

April 21st, 2008

The Association for Downloadable Media, a recently-formed industry association “focused on creating standards and guidelines to support the continued and increasing monetization of downloadable media,” last week unveiled proposed guidelines for audience measurement at the ad:tech conference in San Francisco. The draft proposal is open for public discussion and comment for the coming thirty days [...]



Wizzard To Use Adobe Media Player For Video Podcasts

April 9th, 2008

Wizzard Media is working together with Adobe to distribute video content from their network through the new Adobe® Media Player. Launched today, the Adobe Media Player is the first application built on Adobe AIR software, a cross operating system application platform that extends rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop.
The first installment of video podcasts [...]



Largest Podcasting Host Announces Record Profits

March 18th, 2008

Wizzard Software, the parent company of Liberated Syndication and several podcast hosting services, announced today that revenues for the fourth quarter of 2007 were $1,540,992, a 108% increase over revenues of $739,551 in the fourth quarter of 2006.
For the full year of 2007, the Company recorded revenues of $5,163,491, a 75% increase of $2,195,967 from [...]



Wizzard Announces Large Geo-Targeted Podcasting Ad Campaign

March 14th, 2008

Podcasting network Wizzard Media has announced that it is is working with European lottery site PlayUKinternet.com on what they are calling the first international geo-targeted audio podcast advertising campaign.The three month campaign is aimed at audiences around the globe in Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Italy, encompassing over half a million ad impressions delivered across [...]



Limelight Loses Patent Infringement Suit With Akamai

February 29th, 2008

Akamai Technologies, which provides technology for the distribution of digital media like podcasts, announced that a jury returned a verdict today in its lawsuit against Limelight Networks. The judgement found that Limelight was infringing on Akamai’s content delivery patent. As a result, the jury awarded Akamai a staggering $45,526,946 in damages, plus interest.
The verdict, which [...]



Wizzard CEO: Podcast Downloads Will Jump 50-80% In 2008

February 8th, 2008

There’s been a lot of discussion lately in the world of new media about the future of podcasting - people wondering what the current state of podcasting is and where it’s going.
eMarketer forecasts that the audience for podcast consumption will double in the next two years, but even that relatively rosy forecast is disappointing to [...]



Wizzard Stock Starts Trading on AMEX

February 7th, 2008

Podcast hosting network Wizzard Media announced this morning that its common shares are set to begin trading today on the American Stock Exchange (”AMEX”) under the ticker symbol ‚ÄúWZE.‚Äù Previously, the company traded as ‚ÄúWIZD‚Äù on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board.
Wizzard is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Detroit, and [...]



Taking Stock In Podcasting

January 31st, 2008

Wizzard, the podcasting network that recently announced it had served up over a billion podcasts in 2007, announced today that its common shares have been approved for listing on the American Stock Exchange (”AMEX”).
Wizzard is tentatively scheduled to begin trading during the week of February 4th, 2008. The company will be traded under the ticker [...]