Posted on July 13, 2005 8:39 am by Shel Holtz | Podcasting
Billionare blogger/Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban warns podcasters that they’re likely to find themselves on the same trash heap of history that contains early streaming audio efforts like those created for pseudo.com, broadcast.com, eyada.com, and others that have faded from memory. “Creating your own podcast and trying to make a business out of it is a mistake.”
Cuban’s comments echo those of several others who are…
Posted on July 5, 2005 11:12 am by Shel Holtz | Podcasting | Technology
Back in May, I posted an item here agreeing with Bill Gates’ assessment that cell phones will eventually displace digital media players like the iPod. That post was greeted with derision, most aimed at the current limitations of cell phones (battery life key among the reasons for dismissing the notion). Some of the posts pointed to the fact that Apple and…
Posted on July 5, 2005 7:18 am by Shel Holtz | Podcasting
Tim Kaine, Virginia’s lieutenant governor and candidate for the state’s top job, has his first “podcast” promoted heavily on his home page. Problem is, it isn’t a podcast, just a downloadable audio file. Not that I ever liked the word “podcast” (it doesn’t require an iPod and it’s not “cast” in any way I can discern), but the word still has a clearly defined meaning. It’s not a podcast if you can’t…
Posted on June 30, 2005 9:39 pm by Shel Holtz | Podcasting
For what it’s worth, I’ve started a list of podcasts produced by businesses over at Constantin Basturea’s “The New PR.”
Posted on June 28, 2005 1:26 pm by Shel Holtz | Podcasting
Apple has released its latest version of iTunes—4.9—which features podcasting support. I’ll be trying it out as soon as possible.
Josh Hallett reports that the software also includes support for enhanced with “chapters” and web links. Hallett points to this item in the “What is Podcasting” link on the iTunes Music Store:
Enhanced Podcasts
Q: What’s an enhanced podcast? A. In addition to publishing a podcast, you may create an enhanced podcast,…
Posted on June 17, 2005 11:32 am by Shel Holtz | Podcasting
Sam Whitmore, the fellow behind Sam Whitmore’s Media Survey, has launched a new podcast you should listen to: Tech Media This Week. It’s short, intelligent, and deals with issues of interest to most of us in the PR world. There’s a story, for example, about the impending sale of Fast Company magazine and an analysis from a PR perspective BusinessWeek’s June 20 cover story, “The…
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