Rob Walch, co-organizer of PodCamp Midwest, facilitated a group discussion on “Promoting Your Podcast.”
About twenty participants discussed inexpensive & effective ideas for self-promotion, including:

create a cool podcast name
you need good 300 x 300 “album” artwork
business cards - with white on back for writing notes
drop lifting
interview bloggers in your subject area
be interviewed by other podcasters and [...]

Podcasting directory and community Podcast Pickle has introduced a mobile version of its site, optimized for Apple iPhones.
Pickle Mobile lets you browse top podcasts at the site, read podcast reviews and create a personal podcast playlist.

The Amergence Group announced today that it acquiring SonicMountain, the parent company of podcasting community Odeo.com. Under the terms of the agreement, SonicMountain will become a wholly owned subsidiary of The Amergence Group.
According to the Amergence Group:
Now, SonicMountain will have the resources to revolutionize Odeo’s environment and add exciting new features to its platform. Collaborating [...]

Odeo, a podcasting community that was one of the darlings of early podcasting coverage in the mainstream media, is looking for a buyer:
In the last few months, we here at Obvious have been increasingly focused on Twitter. As a result, our original product, Odeo, has not gotten the attention it deserves.
It does not cost us [...]