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US Podcast Audience Reached 18.5 Million in 2007
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
According to the latest report by eMarketer, podcasting has seen a surge is ears and dollars. Not only did the report predict a increase in audience, but also in ad dollars spent, which has been the big elephant in the room for indie podcasters.
NFL Rants and Raves podcast featured in OC Register
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Steven Miranda and Jeff Ellis of the NFL Rants and Raves podcast werefeatured in the Orange County Register today. These guys are full of enthusiasm and create their shows in the comfort of their own home.
With Ellis, “the fan,” and Miranda, “the fanatic,” the duo recorded their football show in a corner of Ellis’ living room. They shared one microphone and were often face-to-face when arguing out their sometimes opposing viewpoints on the show.
A nice break from most podcasting articles, they also shed a little light on how much it costs them to run the podcast month-to-month:
Hosting and equipment run about $100 per month which is covered mostly through donations on the Web site from loyal listeners. They hope to make profit with their recently opened online merchandise store and hope this could become something more full-time.
Their goal? To get paid to watch football. Sounds like a fine plan to me!
XM Radio Offers Podcasts
According to Radio Ink, an industry magazine, XM Radio is now offering podcasts of a selection of its programming. Podcasts will be available the after the show airs. An interesting move on XM’s part, considering so many people think podcasting is a direct competitor with satellite radio (I don’t, but some do). You can subscribe to the podcasts in iTunes using this link.
PodCamp Boston
Thursday, October 25, 2007
PodCamp Boston 2 starts tomorrow and runs through Sunday. What is it? Well, not only is it the original PodCamp, but it’s also a unconference-style conference where there is supposed to be less structure and more fluid forming of talks, groups and ideas. However, PodCamp Boston is so big (last count 1100 registered for the weekend) now that it had to add a little structure (and sponsors) so as to not have anarchy break out.
My friend and co-author Greg Cangialosi will be there with a copy or two of Podcast Academy: The Business Podcasting Book to give away!
PodCorps.org
Monday, April 16, 2007
Today Doug Kaye (GigaVox, IT Conversations) announced a new project called PodCorps. PodCorps is grassroots effort to record and store spoken-word events. If you’re a podcaster or a video podcaster, head over to the site to sign up and volunteer your talents for the greater good of preserving speeches, presentations and talks. Doug writes that there several ways to contribute your talents, including recording, post production, copywriting, graphics, etc. It’s a great way to give back a little and help record the now, so we can all enjoy and benefit from it later.
Drinks & Food with the Podcast Academy 5 Crew
Sunday, February 18, 2007
This past Wednesday and Thursday, GigaVox’s Podcast Academy 5 took place at Duke University just up the road from me in Durham, NC. I drove up Wednesday evening to meet up with everyone for food and drinks. Michael posted some photos from the evening. I’m the youngest looking one of the bunch - but that’s just looks. I’m almost 32 with a youthful look. Anyway, it was a good food at Tyler’s in the Historic Tabacco District and the beer was tasty, too. It was great to meet new faces and see my pal Greg (blog, podcast) again.
Podcast the US Election for the BBC
Saturday, October 28, 2006
The BBC has been looking for some podcasters to help them cover the local issues and results of the upcoming US election.
Podcasting offers potential for learning
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Western Kentucky University newspaper works through the idea of podcasts in the classroom. Unfortunately, they get it half right and half wrong.
The half wrong:
The clearest benefit to students will be the money saved on course materials. For instance, many music and foreign language classes require students to buy compact discs. Instead of spending a portion of their savings on a collection of Mozart’s symphonies or instructions on conjugating Spanish verbs, students could download the material for free.
No. The benefit of podcasting isn’t that stuff is free. That’s not it at all. In fact, I think this would be one of the worst selling points for podcasts in the classroom. You want some seriously reliable materials being used to teach students, not just something randomly downloaded off the web. I know the whole “let’s save some money” thing is popular among students, but this ain’t the place.
Six-Time Ironman World Champion Dave Scott Launches Podcast Series On Endurance and Nutrition for At
Endurance athlete Dave Scott is going to launch a podcast about endurance and sports nutrition.
The Podcast series, entitled “Endurance and Nutrition with Dave Scott,” will kick off today with Scott and champion professional triathlete Simon Lessing providing guidance on how to properly fuel your body while training for an endurance event, such as a marathon or triathlon.
This will undoubtedly be a great podcast to listen while working out in the gym.
Apple Sending Nastygrams over the use of the word Podcast?
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Over on my personal blog, I’ve written up my take on the latest grumbling from the blogosphere of Apple sending a C&D letter to a company using the word podcast in their name. I don’t think that’s exactly why they’re doing it, but you decide for yourself.
Read the entire post on my blog
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