RawVoice CEO Todd Cochrane got in touch with us a few days ago to alert us to this week’s launch of a new podcast publishing and hosting system via the Blubrry podcast network.
Blubrry Podcast Publishing with Hosting is an integrated solution that combines podcast statistics, media hosting, and promotional tools to “grow and support your [...]

blubrry’s Todd Cochrane announced today that his company was removing more than a hundred podcasts from its service and banning sites because of problems with “podspam”:
This morning I instructed our CIO to have all shows that were using a RSS Feed generation service hosted by trafficgeyser.net and mypodfeeds.com to be terminated here at Blubrry.com
From [...]

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 [...]

Todd Cochrane (Blubrry, GeekNewsCentral), creator of the People’s Choice Podcast Awards, is looking for a new home for the event:
I am working on my plan for the 2008 People’s Choice Podcast Awards. I am looking at some major changes, part of it has to do that we have no venue at New Media Expo this [...]

RawVoice announced on Tuesday the launch of PodcastFAQ.com, a site that offers, in their words, current and prospective podcasters “comprehensive insight into the field.”
The new site includes history, technology, industry trends and a portal to several online communities and directories. The site also offers a glossary of podcast terminology, support and instruction on how to [...]

The new year feels as though it is off to a galloping start. Barely two weeks into 2008, and we’re bracing for the fourth or fifth batch of big announcements from the fourth or fifth big industry convention in two weeks. This week features the big auto show in Detroit, the music industry convention NAMM [...]

Last Friday, Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central (also Blubrry and Raw Voice) broke new media ground with his 24-Hour Podcast Marathon.
The event, which raised awareness and money for the One Laptop Per Child initiative, was an around-the-clock international Internet media event, featuring audio and video interviews with dozens of people in the podcast industry.
One [...]

Just a reminder that Todd Cochrane, the man behind Geek News Central, Blubrry, and Raw Voice, is conducting an all-day Podcast Marathon now through 10 am (Central US time) Saturday, Dec. 22. The marathon is a fundraiser for the One Laptop Per Child initiative.
The Marathon is being streamed by Ustream.tv and TalkShoe, and listeners/viewers are [...]

Todd Cochrane, the host of the Geek News Central Podcast, is hosting a live, interactive event that will last 24 hours.
During the 24-hour Podcast Marathon, Todd will stream live from his Hawaii-based studio on Ustream.TV and will have interactive talk via TalkShoe.com.
The marathon gets underway at 11am EST on Friday. Guests are going to be [...]

Geek News Central’s Todd Cochrane, a long-time podcaster and the author of a book on podcasting, has taken a look at the state of podcast sites and podcast feeds and found widespread quality problems.
“The amount of garbage sites out there astounded me,” said Cochrane.
Cochrane looked at the podcast feeds and sites of podcasts nominated for [...]