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Beatles music is, for the first time, available for download in a podcast from Norwegian Broadcasting.
[This of course begs some dumb puns about Norwegian Wood. Isn't it good? But we digress.]
Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) made a 2007 documentary series on “Norgesglasset” radio, which explored “the [...]

The latest version of the Oxford English Dictionary - described as the the definitive record of the English language - has added podcasting:

podcasting n.
A very new word, for a recent phenomenon, and a great example of how technological change, especially that relating to the Internet and the media, can be a driving force not only in [...]

Internet conference-call and podcasting company TalkShoe recently announced enhancements to its Talkcasting service. TalkShoe is a service that lets users host a “community call,” in which others participate via computer or phone (text and voice chat), which is recorded for later publication as a blog post/podcast.
Previously, TalkShoe required that calls be scheduled in advance via [...]

Last week, the UK Podcasters Association appointed Neil Fairbrother (of Pod3.tv) their new chairman. Previously the position was held by Dean Whitbread, one of the founders of the organization.
I caught up with Dean recently, and asked him to give me a rundown of the things he and the UKPA worked on, fought against, and/or celebrated [...]

Wiggly Wigglers, a natural gardening mail-order company (which specializes in vermiculture: composting/gardening with earthworms) has won the 2008 Global Dell Small Business Excellence Award. Wiggly Wigglers were chosen to receive this prize for their innovative use of podcasting, wikis, and social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
Along with the recognition and accolades, the Dell Small [...]

New media isn’t just for the cutting edge hipsters anymore; the suits are officially moving in.
Marketers are jumping into new media and moving their advertising budgets from traditional media to social networking sites, blogs, podcasts and mobile marketing. 
According to a new survey by Epsilon,  nearly two-thirds (63%) of the marketing executives they surveyed see an [...]

Marketing Vox reports that NPR’s site traffic is up 78% over the last year, thanks in large part to podcasting and social networking features. NPR.org had 2.6 million unique visitors in August, a 78 percent increase from a year earlier, according to comScore data.
Public radio audiences and contributions went up, too.
NPR is also planning new social [...]

Need a reminder about how quickly technology changes?
Check out the search results for “podcasting” from Google’s 2001 index of the Web:

Zilch!
Google has published a search page based on its 2001 index as part of its 10th anniversary. 
Don’t bother looking for “YouTube”, either. And, back then, “iPod” was just an abbreviation for things like “Image Proof [...]

Ian Lamont, at The Industry Standard, has published his take on “why podcasting is failing” reacting to the news that much-hyped podcasting startup PodTech was getting bought by ViewPartner:
“Podcasting is failing as a business platform, and has failed to make a mainstream impact.
The news that PodTech only managed to limp into an acquisition therefore came [...]

Podcasting site Odeo has relaunched. Again. We have kind of lost count, but Beta News says that this is Odeo’s sixth launch. Initially launched mid-2005, Odeo debuts (again) with a number of new features.
The biggest addition to the site is video, but other new capabilities allow users to:
– Search & explore over 500,000 channels [...]