iTunes alternative doubleTwist has been updated with podcast support. doubleTwist users can now subscribe to podcasts, search for new shows and  sync those podcasts to a variety of media players. Other updates: library sorting issues fixed (sort by original track number) id3 tag discovery and display enhancement — not a full featured id3 tag editor [...]

Rob Greenlee, Microsoft Zune podcast producer, has passed along information about the new Zune podcast directory: “Podcast feed URL’s can now be submitted to the Zune digital media entertainment platform through the new Zune.net web-based podcast directory. This new podcast directory has over 12,000 podcast feeds online now and also accepts podcast reviews to be [...]

Mega podcast host Wizzard Media has introduced a new iPhone podcast directory & receiver, iphone.wizzard.tv. The Wizzard Media Receiver for iPhone, above, offers a podcast directory, formatted for iPhone, that lets you browse, listen to or view podcasts. Here’s a walk-through of the new Web app from Wizzard’s Dave Mansueto:

We, along with a lot of people in the podcasting community, were excited to hear recently that Microsoft had hired Rob Greenlee to be its Podcast Programming & Marketing Lead for the Microsoft Zune. Rob was doing Internet radio long before podcasting was created. Rob, along with his wife Dana Greenlee, hosted WebTalk Radio, an [...]

Microsoft has published the info on updating first-generation Zunes to the latest software – the software that finally supports podcasts and even lets you sync wirelessly. The current version of the Zune device software is version 2.1. This version includes the latest enhancement and all past enhancements. To view the details about the enhancements, see [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Fusa Capital, a media company that owns and operates a network of search engine websites, has launched the latest entrant into the podcast search engine and directory melee, Podanza.com. Podanza bills itself as a podcast search engine and directory which aggregates free audio and video podcasts from over 5,000 international producers. When searching for podcasts, [...]

StreetIQ.com has announced the launch of a Facebook application (registration required) that provides quick access to more than 400 business and financial podcast channels and integrates them into the social networking experience on Facebook. Using the recently launched software platform at Facebook, StreetIQ.com lets Facebook members access their favorite business and financial podcasts and to share [...]