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Educators are DEFINITELY taking advantage of podcasting...so iTunes is DEFINITELY taking advantage of the Educators - and the many students that will be introduced to Podcasting...AND iTunes (what a coincident!). APPLE'S iTunes expands podcast service for universities San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA ... The market dominance of Apple's iTunes Music Store and iPods, which helped spawn the podcast movement, also was key. "Our students are digital natives. ... http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/13730681.htm
IBM started out by podcasting to investors, and are continuing to utilize podcasting to keep themselves in front of listeners.IBM to Release ''IBM and the Future of Sports'' Podcast TMCnet - USA 27, 2006 -- IBM announced today that the ninth podcast in the series, "IBM and the Future of . . ... The podcast is called "IBM and the Future of Sports.". ... http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-ibm-release-ibm-the-future-sports-podcast-/2006/01/27/1320664.htm
Now that podcasting is hitting the beginning of it's stride, corporations and personalities are using it, and they are nothing like the raw recordings that started the fad.We knew this day would come - that as more people and businesses entered the foray, that competition would increase among podcasts and podcasters. Excellence in quality as well as content is becoming increasingly required in order to retain podcast listeners. THE Day the Podcast Went Pro CIO Today - Woodland Hills,CA,USA By Jack M. Germain. Ah, the podcast. We all remember those early days when average Joes and Janes would talk about every obscure ... http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=41193
Notice how even municipalities are getting involved in podcasting.PODCAST: TMC News Minute for January 27: Allentown Mayor Ed ... Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA PODCAST: The Morning Call News Minute for Friday, January 27, 2006 (MP3): Mayor Ed Pawlowski is restructuring the Allentown Police Department. ... http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-tmcnewsminute-012706,0,537041.mp3file?coll=all-newslocal-utl For more information about podcasting, you can join the Podcaster Central Network on Ryze - combine your podcasting passion with networking and expand your business exponentially. Penny Haynes, 1st Podcast Publishing
"AOL to launch podcast search from Podscope
16/09/2005 by Leigh Phillips
Internet company AOL has got in on the trendy, trendy podcasting doo-lang doo-lang.
As part of a new agreement between AOL and audio and video search engine developer TVEyes, AOL is to offer TVEyes' Podscope, a dedicated podcast search engine. The new service is based on an integration of the TVEyes Podscope search engine with AOL Search.
Podscope, which creates a spoken-word index for every word in audio and video files, makes the files searchable in the same manner as text pages on the web.
Available this fall, AOL's podcast search function will offer access to every known podcaster's most current files and thousands of archived files. The new search functions will be accessible through the AOL.com portal and AOL Search."
link to article
As the number of podcast programs increase, only professional sounding shows are expected to last and prosper. The Podcasting Handbook for Busy Entrepreneurs teaches businesses how to create professional sounding podcasts to increase exposure within their niche market. (PRWEB) July 25, 2005 -- Podcasting is projected to reach 60 million people by the year 2010. Within two days, iTunes registered 1 million subscribers by adding Podcasting feeds to their business. However, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution and Fortune Magazine, very few of the near 10,000 podcasts on the Internet are worth listening to due to poor quality and content. Eventually, only the most professional sounding podcasts will survive.
That’s why the 12-CD “Complete Podcasting Handbook for Busy Entrepreneurs” was created. Penny Haynes, President of 1st Podcast Publishing, is an audio producer, publisher, creator of five podcasts and host of the Family Friendly Podcasts Directory, with several years of experience as a television producer, director and editor. She has been helping entrepreneurs create professional sounding podcasts, using only a computer, microphone headset, and free recording and editing software.
As noted on the cover of the July 7th, 2005, issue of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Mrs. Haynes teaches entrepreneurs how to utilize podcasting to reach millions of potential clients in their niche market. The feature article in the Cherokee Tribune states that the course includes over 8 hours of audio and video, as well as screen print tutorials, and a free 128 MB MP3 Player while supplies last. The course also includes links to free recording programs, free services and free royalty-free music, as well as a monthly Continuing Education class.
The Tribune interviewed Laura Gonzalez, of Virtual Business Solutions, who stated, “This [course has given my business an edge that maybe another business owner doesn't have. It gives my clients the ability to leave the office and still be [able to listen to my QuickBooks tutorials while they are on the road.”
“The details of actually creating the podcast [were pretty easy, but the audio recording about killed me,” stated Paige Eissinger of 2 Smart Chix, a recent graduate of the course and co-host of PC Primer, a Computer Technology radio show. “Penny provided [information on audio recording [and editing that was worth the entire cost of the class.”
“Podcasting is an extremely affordable way for entrepreneurs to promote their businesses,” says Penny. “And if entrepreneurs find out that podcasting is not right for them, we'll refund their money, no questions asked.”
For more information, go to http://www.PodcastingAndAudioEditing.com.
Is Using MP3 Technology a Crime?
I read Lynnette Chandler's MP3 blog entry about how MP3 technology usage is actually chargeable by the owner of the technology. According to Chandler, "the license is not required if your business is generating less than US$100,000 a year."
I believe the MP3 technology creators deserve to be paid.
As I responded on Lynnette's blog, I have experience in the music industry, and bootlegging and copyright infringement in songs is a serious offense. And even more importantly, you are taking money out of the mouth of the person who created the music when you illegally download, copy or bootleg the music. I feel the same way with MP3 technology.
If I make $100 Grand on MP3s, I SHOULD let the MP3 Creators benefit financially!
I don't see a problem in paying $2,000 or $3,000 to a company who enables me to make $100,000 in profits. Call me crazy, but if I were the creator, I would want to be paid. And it's a tiny percentage of the income for such great revenues.
Tell me what You think about all this...
I'd be interested to hear your take on this. Do you think you should pay if you make $100,000 on mp3s?
"Podcast Users Expected To Reach 60 Million In Five Years July 5, 2005
The number of podcast users in the United States is expected to increase nearly 15 fold over the next five years, a research group says.
By Antone Gonsalves
InternetWeek
The number of podcast users in the United States is expected to increase nearly 15 fold over the next five years, reaching 60 million by 2010, a consumer technology research group said Tuesday.
The increasing use of digital music players and other factors are expected to drive a 101 percent compound annual growth rate in podcast listeners over the next five years, The Diffusion Group said. The number of podcast users this year is expected to reach 4.5 million."
InformationWeek > Podcast Users Expected To Reach 60 Million In Five Years > Podcast Users Expected To Reach 60 Million In Five Years > July 5, 2005
"U.S. Republican Senators Begin Weekly Podcast
Posted by Shawn Cruikshank on 21 Jun 2005 - 02:58
The Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus has launched a new program allowing state residents to listen to weekly podcasts on state issues. The group is hoping the trend will catch with tech savvy users, allowing it to become another form of communication between politicians and voters.
"Podcasting will improve our ability to provide in-depth analysis, up-to-date information, and insights from individual members about crucial topics affecting people and communities around the commonwealth," said staff representative for a Pennsylvania state Senator. "[Podcasting is] revolutionizing the way information is disseminated, and we want our members to be at the front-end of that," he said.
Though the Republican Caucus says it will use the podcast to "address legislation before the Senate and issues of importance to Pennsylvanians," the innovative technology is expected to bring about concern. Podcasting, with the intent of furthering political ethics by a party, could be construed as government propaganda if used the wrong way. The Bush administration came under fire last year for 'fake' news reports posing as adverts on US TV networks.
The first podcast is available this week through the Pennsylvania Republican Caucus' website.
View: Pennsylvania Republican Caucus Website"
Neowin.net - Where unprofessional journalism looks better - U.S. Republican Senators Begin Weekly Podcast
Clear Channel Expands Podcast Offerings
June 23, 2005
By Ken Tucker and Katy Bachman
Buoyed by the success of its "Phone Tap" podcast
downloads on WHTZ-FM, Clear Channel's Top 40 station in New York, the
company announced Thursday it will expand its portfolio of podcast
feeds. The accelerated rollout will offer nearly 20 new podcasts of
popular on-air content from 12 more stations, with an additional 10
expected to launch later this week.
Less than two weeks after the podcast launch on June 3
of the "Elvis Duran & The Z Morning Zoo Phone Tap," listeners have
downloaded or streamed from the Z100 site 20,500 pieces of content,
according to the company.
"The early results from Z100's 'Phone Tap' validated
our theory -- there is a huge appetite for station-created, short-form
content via multiple-delivery formats," said Evan Harrison, executive
vp of CC and head of the company's online music and radio unit,
launched last year.
Downloadable content will vary by station, but may
include artist and celebrity interviews, prank calls, "best of" shows,
commentary and comedy bits.
In addition to WHTZ, the CC stations that will make
podcasts available on the web sites are: Classic rock WAXQ-FM, and
Rhythmic Top 40 WKTU-FM New York; Adult Top 40 KYSR-FM in Los Angeles;
Classic Hits KGB-FM, Top 40 KHTS-FM, Active Rock KIOZ-FM in San Diego;
Top 40 KKRZ-FM in Portland, Ore.; News/Talk WLW-AM in Cincinnati; Rock
KRZR-FM in Fresno, Calif.; Rock WDVE-FM in Pittsburgh; and Rock WZZO-FM
in Allentown, Penn.
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000967413
"Sub Pop Records Says Podcast Our Music, Before We Change Our Mind
June 07, 2005
Sub Pop Records, home of bands like Nirvana, Afghan Whigs, Combustible Edison, The Reverend Horton Heat, Sleater-Kinney and Soundgarden, has announced that they are encouraging podcasters to use their promotional tracks within podcasts.
The label has added a podcast of their free music.
According to Sub Pop's Dean Hudson, "We've basically set up our MP3 downloads (which we were offering as promotional freebees already) as an RSS 2.0 feed, so folks can suck them into their iPods ala iPodder and the like." Their FAQ elaborates on their somewhat tentative approach to podcasting: "You may incorporate any of the songs that are freely available as MP3s in the multimedia section of this website into your podcasts. HOWEVER, we do reserve the right to change our mind about the availability of any song for any reason at any time. Fickle, no?""
Podcasting News: Sub Pop Records Says Podcast Our Music, Before We Change Our Mind
I commented on this article, asking what happens when they pull a song off of the list that you have already incorporated into a podcast, and is archived. Do you have to pull it out of the archives and re-edit it? By the way, the music on this list is definitely not for businesses - and much is not family-friendly either, but if one music company is doing this, it stands to reason that other music companies, especially indie companies, may follow suit. Keep your eyes open for opportunities for free music. Plus, you never know if you can use a portion of a song instead of the whole thing when you create a podcast. That way you avoid portions that don't reflect you and your business... Penny Haynes, 1st Podcast Publishing
"Infinity To Podcast 9 News Stations
June 02, 2005
By Ken Tucker, Billboard Radio Monitor
Following its launch of all-podcasting KYCY (KYOU Radio) San Francisco, Infinity moves even deeper into the fledgling medium by announcing it will offer free daily podcasts from its nine news stations, with flagship WINS (1010 Wins) New York set to lead the way in July."
Infinity To Podcast 9 News Stations
The article mentions that the all-podcasting network received 1000 submissions for their podcast! That's pretty amazing. People who create a podcast now have another channel for its outlet. The article acknowledges that our society is demanding more on-demand, portable options.
I saw an interesting article expanding on the number of major broadcasting shows that are joining the podcasting ranks. For the full article, go to: http://www.corante.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-pcorso.cgi/12253
I left a comment, which was really a question. I asked whether Rush is actually "pushing" content onto the subscriber's computer instead of allowing subscribers to the feed. I am awaiting a response.
The benefit of creating a podcast is allowing the customer / listener / subscriber to control what he downloads. Not everyone wants to download every podcast, even if you're paying for it.
The article mentions Clear Channel podcasting. This just confirms that everyone is looking to create a podcast to make some money.
What do you think is the best way to make money with a podcast if you are not already a major broadcast personality?
Penny Haynes
http://www.Create-A-Podcast.com
Major players take podcasting seriously
The headlines below reveal that podcasting is a viable business and entertainment tool. Anyone can create and download a podcast. And major companies want to take advantage of that.
APPLE to make iPod podcast-friendly
CNN - USA
Popular audio files, which can be played on any MP3 player, said to be easily organized on iPod. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc.
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<http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/23/technology/personaltech/apple_podcast.reut/>
GARAGEBAND.COM Adds Podcast Studio Functionality The Mac Observer - USA ... bills itself as a "grass roots community" devoted to giving up-and-coming musicians exposure, on Monday announced the addition of GarageBand Podcast Studio to ...
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/05/23.12.shtml>
Podcasting levels the playing field
You don't need money or an audio engineering degree to create a podcast. You need something worthwhile to talk about. And you need instruction about how to do it affordably.
Why aren't you podcasting?
If you are reading this post, you can podcast. If you have a phone line, you can podcast. If you have something to say, you can podcast.
It's an inexpensive way to self-promote. Create good content in a professional manner, and you're on your way. The real issue is desire, time, and knowledge about how to create a podcast.
Join us for our free podcasting seminar
We are offering a free podcasting seminar at Co-Op World during their Summer Sizzler event. You can attend in their audio conference room. http://co-opworld.com/member/50522/?summersizzler
If you can't attend, contact me via the QMTP box on this site, and I'll tell you when the next seminar will be.
Podcasting is just the beginning
Once you begin podcasting, this opens the doors for you to create audio seminars, audio books, and more. The key is learning how to do it well - the first time around. If you want to learn how to create a podcast without the trial and error, learn more here.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon - literally!
Penny Haynes
http://www.Create-A-Podcast.com
"Firefighters Featured in New Podcast
May 19, 2005
The Firehouse Radio podcast is giving firefighters and paramedics a show of their very own. "Firefighters and paramedics are in the news every day," says show creator Jim Goetz. "Firehouse Radio is a combination talk radio and news blog for them - firefighters doing radio right," he continued."
Podcasting News: Firefighters Featured in New Podcast
You know, I thought about going down the street to the local fire station and asking them to share stories, and adding that as an inspirational section of Your Voice, but I never did it...partially out of fear of rejection (can you believe that?), and partially because of lack of time. Who could you interview locally (or virtually) that would have interesting stories?
There is a woman in our town who is giving her daughter's kindergarten teacher a kidney...I'd love to create a podcast from that story too. I really need to interview them...let's see if I have the time and dedication to do that!
This is an interesting article - tell me what you think about text-to-speech podcasts. Do you think people will accept them in place of real human voices? I found out that people would rather pay a little more for a human-read audio book than less for a text-to-speech generated audio book. I had been thinking about doing a podcast on business news, since that's really all I have time to study. I have to think about whether or not I would be willing to listen to it via computerized voice.
By the way, you can create such podcasts yourself with a product called TextAloud - they have some great voices, and I think I will let you hear what this would sound like with one...I'll try to create a podcast with Text Aloud this weekend.
"New Services Translate News Feeds Into Podcasts
May 19, 2005
As interest in podcasting builds, news services are emerging to help deliver web-based text information as audio podcasts.
Two new services, Talkr and Speakwire, promise to take RSS news feeds from blogs and other sources, and convert them into audio podcasts.
The services provide a new option for creating podcast content and generating audio versions of web content."
Podcasting News: New Services Translate News Feeds Into Podcasts
As you can see below, the networks are picking up on the power of podcasting! Why would the big boys create a podcast when they have all of those money-making sponsors already??? There must be a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow somewhere, or why would they be publishing a podcast? Just my opinion...What's yours?
Penny Haynes, 1st Podcast Publishing
ENTERTAINMENT Podcast
NBC5.com - Chicago,IL,USA
Brad, Jen, Paris, Tom, Britney and MJ. What do these people have in common?
You just might hear what they've been up to on our entertainment podcast.
...
<http://www.nbc5.com/entertainment/4437014/detail.html>
RUSH Limbaugh Announces Podcast
Podcasting News - Des Moines,IA,USA
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has announced that his site will begin offering a commercial podcast starting June 3rd. ...
<http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2005/05/rush_limbaugh_a.html>
Des Moines,IA,USA BitPass has announced BitPass Unplugged, a new service that will give content providers the ability to charge for their podcasts.
This bit of news tell us that if you create a podcast, it is not a pipedream to hope to be able to profit from it at some point. Not necessarily like Rush Limbaugh, who even if he charged only $1/month, could make $25 million dollars. But if you know something that others will pay to learn or enjoy, then you may be able to create a podcast around that niche or market.
What do people want to know? And what do you know that meets that need? Recording a podcast just to hear yourself speak will not get you there - you need to record and edit a professional sounding podcast that deserves payment.
If you'd like to know more about how you can create those professional podcasts, check out 1st Podcast Publishing's new Complete 'Create A Podcast' Handbook - 5 week seminar.
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