Posts Tagged ‘ Libsyn ’

LibSyn Stats Pains Continue

Apr 8th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General

LibSyn’s stat problems continue to plague users of this popular podcast hosting service. 
Here’s their latest update on the issue:
Latest episodes not showing up in stats
We have temporarily stopped the stats engines- meaning no new updates of any files will occur for the time being. We are working on a plan to recover the data for [...]



Libsyn Announces Podcast Stats Update

Mar 7th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Podcasting Services, Podcasting Statistics

Libsyn has announced an update to it stats offering will be released on Monday.
Addressed in this release:

lack of updates for new files
low numbers for past 9 months
speed to load stats UI
accuracy of data
user agents list (zune, appleTV, iPhone, miro, etc added)
real trending data over time.. per month/week/day downloads of episodes or entire show
general confusion from [...]



Libsyn Updating Podcasting Stats

Feb 11th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Services, Podcasting Statistics

Podcast host Libsyn reports that they are updating their stats engine to address some ongoing issues with it and add new features:
We know stats accuracy is an ongoing issue and that libsyn users have had to exhibit a lot of patience and swallow a lot of frustration as we’ve worked through the problems over the [...]



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

Feb 8th, 2008 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Podcast Hosting, Video Podcasts

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 VP Talks About What A Billion Downloads Means

Jan 10th, 2008 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Podcast Hosting, Podcasting Networks

Today’s big podcasting news is that Wizzard Media announced their download totals for 2007, an amazing one billion podcast files downloaded. To put that large number into some context, we talked with Rob Walch, Wizzard’s Vice President of Podcaster Relations (and creator/host of the popular Podcast411).
First off, congratulations - this is pretty stunning news. What [...]



Wizzard Media Serves Up 1 Billion Podcasts in 2007

Jan 10th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Podcast Hosting, Podcasting Services, Podcasting Statistics, Video Podcasts

ReadWriteWeb’s Marshall Kirkpatrick reports that Wizzard Media, the owners of the Libsyn, Switchpod and Blast Podcast networks, will announce tomorrow that it passed the 1 billion download mark in 2007.
It’s an impressive number, one that’s sure to generate a lot of buzz for both Wizzard and podcasting.
It’s been an interesting ride for Wizzard. Here are [...]



Association For Downloadable Media Officers Announced

Dec 3rd, 2007 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Making Money with Podcasts

The Association for Downloadable Media (ADM) announced today the election results for its Executive Board (Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer), Advisory Board seats, and committee chairs.
The ADM, a newly-formed industry organization dedicated to standardization and monetization of new media, has been formed to focus specifically on any content downloaded by consumers, and will work in [...]



Wizzard Finalizes Acquisition Of Libsyn

Mar 2nd, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, General, Making Money with Podcasts

Wizzard Software has announced that it has signed the final merger agreement for the acquisition of podcasting company Webmayhem, Inc., dba Liberated Syndication, which the company says creates the largest podcasting distribution network in [...]



GoFish and Wizzard Added to ID3 Podcast Index

Nov 8th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Services, Podcasting Statistics

ID3 Magazine today announced the inclusion of GoFish Corporation (OTCBB: GOFH) and Wizzard Software Corporation (OTCBB: WIZD) in its ID3 Podcast Index of publicly traded podcasting-related companies.
“We have selected these two companies to include in the index, because they both exhibit strong user and client traction and are representative of the high-growth potential in the [...]



Wizzard Gets $1.75 Million Investment

Oct 27th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Hosting, Podcasting Services

Wizzard Software, a company that specializes in speech recognition applications, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement for a $1,750,000 private placement with institutional investors.
Earlier in the week, the company announced that it was acquiring podcast hosting service [...]