Podcasting pioneer and author Michael Geoghegan contacted us this morning with awful news: Brian Clark, a great friend and partner in GrapeRadio.com was involved in a horrible car accident in Central California last Friday. He is currently in the ICU and has received in excess of 13 units of blood and platelets. Many of you [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]