Holtz Communications + Technology

A number of items have crossed my desk that lead me to conclude that podcasts are growing more and more interactive, a neat trick for a medium that has been decried as nothing more than glorified downloadable audio.

The most recent of these items comes from the Church of the Customer blog. Ben McConnell notes that NPR, with its 300-plus podcats,…

My friend Katie Paine has

Two things will accelerate the uptake of podcasting. One is ease of use. The other is innovative podcasts to which people will want to subscribe. From the second category, I’m anxious to see more services like PodBop.

The idea behind PodBop is simple. Type in the name of your city and you’ll be presented with a list of musicians who are playing live there…

As reported earlier, Neville Hobson and I are co-hosting and co-producing the official podcast of the 2006 IABC international conference. The podcast—ConferenceCast—debuted today and is available for download, audio stream, and RSS subscription over at the conference blog, In Session.

The blog will launch officially on Monday but is open now for the podcast (the podcast is the only post there at this…

A mini brouhaha has erupted over a report from Bridge Data that “reveals” most people who retrieve podcasts don’t transfer them to their portable digital media devices. According to the study, more than 80% of podcasts are played directly from the PC. Blogging about this, Colin Dixon and Michael Greeson of TDG Research suggest:

We find ourselves in a bit of pickle: either (a) our…

Eric Schwartzman will produce a series of his “On the Record Online” podcasts from the Media Relations 2006 conference, April 9-11 in New York. Schwartzman, who conducted post-speaker interviews at the New Communications Forum, will take the same approach at the Media Relations sessions, according to a Bulldog Reporter press release. The podcasts will be available from the Bulldog Reporter website.…