In this exclusive interview, audiobook podcasting pioneer Scott Sigler explains how he used his podcast to get a book deal and even a movie deal, how he uses social media to promote his work and why he wants to kill you off in his next book.
Our friend, radio producer Chris Vallance, sent word that he had recently interviewed PodShow - er, Mevio - executive Adam Curry for his BBC Radio Five Live Pods and Blogs program.
Our regular readers will remember that Mevio co-founder and Chief Executive Ron Bloom raised eyebrows last month by explaining that the reason for the [...]
The Guardian reports that BT PodShow, an online TV portal, is getting its full consumer launch:
The service is a joint venture with US-based Podshow (now Mevio), in which the backers of Google and YouTube have invested, and which has been running for several months. It has over 1m hours of content.
The two companies signed their [...]
Todd Cochrane is the CEO of Raw Voice, a longtime podcaster at Geek News Central and helps connect podcasters with advertisers via his Blubrry podcast network.
He’s also known for having strong opinions, on topics ranging from the PodShow/Mevio name change to the quality of podcasters’ RSS feeds.
I asked Todd about his perspective on user-generated content [...]
PodShow has officially announced that it has changed its name to Mevio. Along with this announcement, the company announced updates to its site.
The name change has been greeted with skepticism by many podcasters, and there’s already a “Mevio” entry in the Urban Dictionary.:
The act of renaming a company / business, thinking that the new name [...]
PodShow, the heavily-hyped podcasting startup from podfather Adam Curry, is dead; it’s changing its name to Mevio.
NewTeeVee attributes the name change to a so-called “curse of the ‘Pod”” - the idea that any company with “pod” in the name is cursed. They note that PodZinger has changed its name to EveryZing & PodBridge has changed [...]
Podcasting startup PodShow has laid off one-third of its staff, according to a report Valleywag:
PodShow, the San Francisco-based online-video network best known for launching the career of CNET’s Natali Del Conte, is laying off about 20 employees, or as much as 30 percent of its staff.
“There are no secrets, only information you don’t yet have,” [...]
Content delivery network Limelight’s legal problems won’t affect PodShow, says PodShow founder and podcasting pioneer Adam Curry:
We have spoken with LimeLight management and they have assured us they will not go ‘dark’. They have been a good partner to us, we trust them and stand by their word and their excellent service.
As with any well [...]
According to the analysts at Compete, the Podshow podcasting network is one of the top five movers and shakers of 2007.
Here’s what PodShow’s Adam Curry has to say about the news:
This is a report I’m extremely proud to post about. According to Compete.com PodShow grew 29144% in 2007, making us the third fastest growing site, [...]
In a post on his blog entitled “TeXtra - Now Hiring,” Podshow cofounder Adam Curry talks about the departure of comely commentator Natali Del Conte from the technology podcast:
All of us at PodShow couldn’t be more proud to see her meteoric rise. She leaves us with a very strong program and international format in TeXtra [...]