Awakened Voice

Mike Dunn of Nomadic Audio correctly pointed out in May that AudioFeast was heading in the wrong direction. Their DRM heavy business model was destined to be a loser. AudioFeast must have listened because they took their site down for a while so they could retool and focus on podcasts. Their new site has resurfaced [...]

For the past two weeks I’ve been checking out a piece of software called Ziepod. Ziepod is a podcast aggregator/player that allows you stream and rate podcast episodes as well as allowing you to do the traditional download thing. The software, currently for Windows boxes only, also allows you to get a peek at the [...]

Something’s up with the Podcast Hotel event that I mentioned here two months ago. Corante is no longer involved and Alex Williams is no longer their director of events. Alex has taken over the conference and is running the show with an “unconference” philosophy and a heavy focus on music in podcasting. I like it. [...]

According to Adam Curry’s partner in PodShow, their handful of podcasts have 3 to 4 million listeners. This clown’s name is Ron Bloom and he appears to have lost his mind after ingesting the $8.5 million forked over by the suckers at Kleiner, Perkins and WebVan. The claim is made on the video located here [...]

Is it too early to be tired of certain things related to podcasting? Maybe for some people but not for me. Here’s what bothers me as of today.

Husband/Wife or Boy/Girl podcasts. There are too many Dawn and Drew clones out there. They get two mikes together and talk dirty. Great stuff if you’re a 14 [...]

Read it and weep folks. Podcasting has reached the highest office in the land. President Bush’s weekly radio addresses are now available via podcast. It looks like the feed has all the radio addresses since the beginning of the year. This is a perfect use of the medium and I give the White House credit [...]

Word on the street is that Podshow and Odeo have received funding from VC’s in the millions of dollars range. I wonder what the PodShow folks are planning outside of their PodSquad and Podsafe Music Network. Odeo has shown a little leg but I have a feeling that they have a few more tricks up [...]

And there will be plenty of suckers who submit applications for the CBS Podcaster Search. Oh people are thrilled. They say, “I can be a podcasting star and interview celebrities.” “I’ll be rich. I’ll be famous. I’ll be the official CBS podcaster.” Wait a minute now. Have you read the rules?
If you win, you’ll get [...]

N.Y.’s WINS-AM Launches Podcast Service: “WINS-AM (1010 WINS), Infinity Broadcasting’s News station, launched its new podcasting service at 5 a.m., the first of nine Infinity stations to expand into podcasting. In total, WINS is offering 12 separate podcasts, all new content (nothing repurposed from the station) and running the gamut from 1010 WINS Morning Podcast [...]

It’s in beta but it seems to work pretty well. You can search the internet for audio, including podcasts. I’ve done some basic searching and my stuff was showing up with the keywords I expect. Check it out yourself at http://audio.search.yahoo.com/.
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