Tim Bourquin, creator of the New Media Expo, is thinking about quitting the tradeshow business.
He cites five reasons - reasons that he feels “threaten the very industry itself”:

High speed Internet costs. Nearly all convention centers have long-term, exclusive agreements in place with high speed Internet providers and the prices they are charging are ludicrous.
Drayage. Drayage [...]

Rob Greenlee, Microsoft Zune Podcast Programming Lead, has introduced a new Zune podcast, Zune Insider. It’s an audio and video podcast, co-hosted by Greenlee and Zune blogger Cesar Menendez.

PodCamp Philly, the second annual “unconference” style podcasting event, will be held Sept 6-7.
PodCamp Philly topics will include blogging, podcasting, video-blogs, videos and social networking.
Also, this year PodCamp Philly has teamed with SearchCamp Philly, a new unconference focused on helping small and medium sized businesses market themselves online.
PodCamp Philly/SearchCamp Philly Details:

Dates: September 6th & [...]

Podcast creators, podsafe musicians, and friends and families of new media mavens will be gathering this weekend at the third annual Podcasters Across Borders conference in Kingston, Ontario. Participants and presenters are coming from Canada, the United States, and from as far away as Argentina.
The conference is organized by members of the Rogic Podcast Conglomerate; [...]

PodCamps are a great opportunity to learn about podcasting and meet people involved in new media.
The events are user-organized conferences for “new media enthusiasts and professionals including bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers, social networkers, and anyone curious about new media.”
The first PodCamp was held September 8-10, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts, but they are now being held worldwide.
Here’s [...]

I recently had a (way too brief) conversation with PodCamp NYC 2.0 co-organizer John C. Havens, VP of Business Development at Blog Talk Radio and fellow Advisory Board member of the Association of Downloadable Media. (He’s on the right in the photo, with Chris MacDonald.) John wanted to talk about this PodCamp’s wider appeal [...]

Today through Thursday, I’m in San Francisco to attend ad:tech, one of a series of conventions focused on advertising and digital marketing.
I will be covering the event for Podcasting News, trying to get a sense of what’s happening in downloadable media from the sponsor and advertiser’s point of view.
I’m also here to make a presentation [...]

PodCamp South Africa - a free podcasting unconference - will be held this weekend.
Here are the details:
Date
Saturday, 19 April 2008
Time
09:00 to 17:00.
Venue
Orangia Bowling Club, 8 At Horak Avenue, Bloemfontein
Cost
FREE, verniet, niks, mahala!
What to bring
Your laptop, video cameras, digital cameras, audio gear or anything else you want to use to capture the event and most [...]

The schedule for the fourth annual New Media Expo has been announced by event organizer Tim Bourquin. Formerly known as the Podcast and New Media Expo, and/or the Portable Media Expo, this year’s updated and expanded event sports a new name, and has moved from California to Las Vegas.
The New Media Expo, which runs [...]

Organizers have announced dates for PodCamp Arizona, being held November 1-2, 2008 at the University of Advanced Technology.
PodCamps are free events focusing on podcasting and new media that are organized and presented by attendees.
Not a lot of details have been announced yet, but you can get involved at the site.