January 17, 2006
Podcasting Law Lectures
Professor Bill Childs, TortsProf Blog, is podcasting his products liability lectures, which are available to anyone who wants them. [via]
Posted by Kevin at 08:47 AM
January 04, 2006
Best New Legal Trend
J. Craig Williams: "Blawgs and Podcasting. As one well-known blawger called it, 2005 was the year of the podcast. We're finally reaching out there and making the legal profession more accessible. Next year, MIPTC predicts video will surpass podcasts, now that broadband and the technology has come of age."
Posted by Kevin at 11:24 PM
December 28, 2005
Podcasting Policies
Between Lawyers: "IBM now has both a blogging policy and a podcasting policy."
Posted by Kevin at 08:52 AM
October 10, 2005
Yahoo! Podcasts
Posted by Kevin at 10:26 AM
August 01, 2005
Music to Use in Your Podcasts
You'll find it at the Podsafe Music Network. The music is top notch and the site is easy to use. It's free, too--all you have to do to use the music is agree to mention the Podsafe Music Network in your show.
Posted by at 07:30 AM
July 19, 2005
Are Corporate Podcasts Crowding Out the Independents?
From BizReport: "Mainstream Media Is Tuning in to Podcasting," by Anjali Athavaley. While some argue that the corporate podcasts offered in the iTunes Music Store are crowding out the independents, others disagree:
"A single guy trying to do a show like an ESPN show probably can't do it, but he can do a part of it," said Scott Fletcher, who hosts the "PodCheck Weekly Review," a podcast that draws about 750 listeners. "And he can do that one part better than ESPN."
Fletcher's own effort, PodCheck Weekly Review, is much more interesting than the repackaged drive-time radio drivel you'll hear in the corporate podcasts.
Posted by at 12:35 PM
July 12, 2005
I like to see what the Docs are doing
KidneyNotes has used feedburner in an eerily familiar way to create a podcast feed for NEJM.
Also, did you know that the New England Journal of Medicine now offers RSS feeds and webcasts of content? See NEJM Audio Trial - Listen to Full-Text Articles for Free. [via]
Are there any law related journals doing this?
Posted by Kevin at 01:14 PM | Comments (0)
July 04, 2005
History and Podcasts
They've got podcasts here , but I'd like to see them here and here. In fact, I'd like to do them myself . . . just as soon as I get some more free time, which is presently on order.
First link from Scripting.com
Posted by at 09:16 PM
June 30, 2005
Internet Audio for Lawyers
Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell have published an article in the ABA's Law Practice Today on podcasting: MP3s, Podcasts and Internet Audio Resources for Lawyers.
In it there is a good round up of resources for podcasters (to-be) and we definitely appreciate the mention of Blawgcast.com.
Posted by Kevin at 09:12 PM | Comments (0)
June 29, 2005
WSJ on 'Podcasting for Dummies'
WSJ echoes Evan's post yesterday about how the inclusion of a podcast directory in iTunes has moved podcasting into the mainstream:
"Steve Jobs, the company's chief executive, said Apple will police the content of podcasts before including them in its directory, in part, to block pornography.
Apple will weed out podcasts that include full-length songs for which podcasters don't have permission to use. Unfortunately, that includes most mainstream music, since most songwriters and recording companies haven't yet licensed their catalogs to podcasters.
Playing Unauthorized Music
Of course, some podcasters go ahead and play unauthorized music anyway on their shows. Music companies haven't yet started widely cracking down on the practice. Mr. Jobs says Apple has an agreement from music companies that allows podcasters to play 30-second song clips in their shows."
Posted by Kevin at 10:01 PM | Comments (0)
June 28, 2005
iTunes 4.9 Is Now Available
For the first time, Apple's iTunes now features built-in podcasting support. In just minutes, you can download iTunes version 4.9 and be hooked into Apple's directory of thousands of podcasts. The podcasts can be played from within iTunes or synched onto your iPod. It's as easy as buying music, but it's free.
Posted by at 09:04 AM | Comments (0)
June 26, 2005
Look Who Might Be Podcasting
It's Dennis Kennedy with a tease:
To this point, I've been the hold-up because I wasn't convinced about the medium. My opinion has changed dramatically in recent weeks and I've been telling people that listening to the Adam Curry / Ron Bloom Podshow Strategycast was a watershed event for me. . . I've become very intrigued by the medium and its potential. I want to explore the idea of podcasting and potential podcast efforts with much more urgency.Dennis says he's about to start looking for "partners, sponsors, producers and others who want to work with me in producing shows in the podcast medium."
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June 22, 2005
More Podcasting Politicians
The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans are podcasting. Here's the RSS feed. Link from Podcasting News.
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May 23, 2005
iTunes to Support Podcasting
According to Phillip Torrone at Make: Blog, there will be "iPodder-like functionality in iTunes 4.9 (coming out in the next 60 days)."
Now that will be interesting. (Link from Scripting News.)
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May 20, 2005
The Lightbulb Clicks On
Scheherazade Fowler: "I am beginning to understand this podcasting phenomenon."
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May 19, 2005
Feuding in Public
The highly-visible feud between Adam Curry and Dave Winer continues here. (For the record, Winer calls it a "rift.") Is it any of our business? I suppose it is, as long as Winer and Curry are both writing and podcasting about it in public.
Winer says he did a Morning Coffee Notes on the topic, but then trashed it because he was "too angry." I hope he tries again. For those of us who care about the past and future of podcasting, it would be interesting for Winer to flesh out his notion that Curry's trying to "climb the ladder" of a "major broadcasting company," and why such decisions are bad for podcasting. (I think I know what Winer would say, but why speculate?)
It really seems unfortunate that Winer and Curry are feuding in such a visible way.
UPDATE: I listened to some of Curry's third Sirius show, which he put up at Curry.com. He's obviously having a hell of a lot of fun promoting podcasts and unsigned rock bands. Again, what's the harm in that?
Posted by at 10:16 AM | Comments (1)
May 18, 2005
Rush Limbaugh, Innovator
Responding to "thousands of requests," Rush Limbaugh will begin distributing his show as a podcast beginning June 3. A subscription fee will be required. (Source: Podcasting News.)
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May 15, 2005
Dave Winer's KYOU Podcast/Broadcast
Updating a post from a few days ago, Dave Winer's first podcast-to-be-broadcast is now up on his website. According to Winer--
It's 46 minutes long, and it's a rambler, but I think it's a pretty good podcasting manifesto, as applied to the Bay Area and the mission of KYOU. I feel pretty good about this podcast. I was nervous, and it took me five tries to get started, which is very unusual for me.
Meanwhile, Winer is on a roll, with other interesting manifesto-type podcasts on May 12 and May 13. They'll be of interest to anyone who records podcasts. You'll find links here.
Meanwhile, I can't find anything on the web about the contents of Adam Curry's first Sirius Satellite "Podshow," which premiered on Friday. Due to copyright restrictions, it's a broadcast-only show, not a podcast. Therefore, you won't find it on the web.
Since no one has written about it, I wonder if anyone listened. Comments?
Posted by at 08:24 PM | Comments (0)
Newspapers Embrace Podcasting
From the Wall Street Journal: "Papers Turn to 'Podcasting' in Bid to Draw More Readers," by David Kesmodel--
The [Denver] Post is among more than a dozen U.S. newspapers and magazines that have begun to embrace podcasting -- an inexpensive, do-it-yourself style of broadcasting that has become popular in the past year with users of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod and other portable digital music players. Listeners can use special software to automate the downloads, so new dispatches are waiting for them on their computers . . . Newspapers and magazines such as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Philadelphia Daily News, Washington Post and Forbes have started podcasts in recent weeks. Their programming varies widely. Some simply summarize the day's news, while others aim for more of a radio-show feel with interviews of reporters and newsmakers. A few provide clips from professionally recorded radio programs, but most of the podcasts are low-budget, low-tech affairs hosted by print journalists who often have scant broadcast experience.
Link from Scripting News.
Posted by at 08:18 PM | Comments (0)
May 13, 2005
Is It the First Book About Podcasting?
It's the first podcasting book I know of: Podcasting: Do It Yourself Guide, by Todd Cochrane. According to the Amazon promotional materials, "Podcasting is the complete do it yourself guide that will have readers not only finding, downloading and listening to podcasts, but creating and broadcasting their own."
Link from Podcasting News.
Posted by at 03:40 PM | Comments (0)
May 09, 2005
Interviews with Podcasting Celebrities
I spent some time over the weekend listening to the interviews that are available at Michael Geoghegan's Podcast Solutions, a site that's a companion to his book on podcasting that's scheduled to be published in September. Geoghegan's interviews will be used as material for his book with Dan Klass. So far, he's interviewed Michael Butler of the Rock & Roll Geek Show, Chris McIntyre of Podcast Alley, Dave Slusher of Evil Genius Chronicles, and Dawn and Drew of the Dawn and Drew Show.
There's lots of talk in the interviews about the history and future of podcasting. I think the interviews would be interesting to most people who produce podcasts, and at least a few who just listen.
Posted by at 08:05 AM | Comments (0)
May 05, 2005
An NBC Affiliate Is Podcasting
As I once wrote many, many years ago in this weblog's introductory post:
You can argue about the quality of podcasting content all day long. As with weblogs, there's plenty of junk. But the revolutionary thing about podcasting in these early stages isn't the content, but the way the content is delivered. Using software like iPodder, the content is delivered to your mp3 device automatically.
I've always thought, in other words, that podcasting is really more of a new method of delivery for audio content rather than a new type of content. Despite what I think, however, "podcasting" is popularly thought to be a type of amateur radio. But this can't be right: if existing, professional media outlets began delivering content as a podcast, it would still be a podcast, right?
As if to prove the point, the NBC affiliate in Chicago has begun repackaging its programming as three podcasts about news, health, and entertainment. (Link from Podcasting News.) I've listened to them, and they certainly don't sound like anything new. And yet, due to the method of delivery via RSS, they're "podcasts." Is this why Adam Curry is talking about "Podshows"--to signify a new creative innovation separate from its method of delivery?
Meanwhile, on Corante's Podcasting, there is an interesting comment thread developing on a post titled "The Anatomy of an Exceptional Podcast." The title of the post demonstrates that not everyone shares my uncertainty about the meaning of the term "podcast," although one commenter said:
I'm waiting to read a single point that differentiates podcasting from tradition ... I will not hold my breadth ... we simply have a new technological medium ... the needs of the consumer remain the same ...
That's sort of what I'm getting at.
UPDATE: The mainstream media is moving fast: Forbes is podcasting too. (Link from Scripting News.)
Posted by at 07:28 AM | Comments (0)
May 04, 2005
A Podcaster Responds to Adam Curry's Podshow
If you've been keeping up on all the recent podcasting news, you'll enjoy the response to Adam Curry's new Podshow venture from one of my favorite podcasters, PBCliberal. It's titled Finding My Niche.
"Podcasting is only going to live if it finds a model other than the radio model," PBCliberal says. After all, will advertisers really want their ads on podcasts that are likely to anger the masses if and when they reach a wide audience?
The podcast is much better than my description of it. Be sure to listen. PBCliberal's short podcasts are always intelligent and entertaining. Though they aren't "blawgcasts," you won't go wrong subscribing to the RSS feed.
Posted by at 01:45 AM | Comments (0)
May 02, 2005
Podcasting via Satellite
Adam Curry has announced that his new venture, Podshow, has struck a deal with Sirius Satellite to broadcast "four hours of podcasting every single day" on channel 148. The quote is from Curry's Daily Source Code for May 2.
There's more at Podcasting News. I'm not sure whether the new Sirius show will also be distributed as a podcast. If not, it would seem to defeat podcasting's aim of cheap and easy distribution. There's no doubt, however, that the Sirius show will serve to promote podcasting. "Anyone can send in your podcasts or your promo," Curry said on the Daily Source Code. "We're going to open up a couple of ways to do it." Curry promised details "in the next couple days."
I expect a lot of the content will come from Podshow's "podcasting stars," some of whom were announced on the April 29 Source Code. They include Dawn and Drew, Michael Butler, Madge Weinstein, the Skinny on Sports, and Steve Gillmor of IT Conversations.
Even without any podcasting lawyers in the lineup, it's big news for Curry. Just don't tell Professor Althouse.
UPDATE: A report from the New York Times.
Posted by at 11:19 AM | Comments (0)
May 01, 2005
Disney's 50th Anniversary Podcasts
Take the magic of the Happiest Homecoming On Earth wherever you go!
Maybe it sounds like material for parody, but Disney is podcasting its 50th Anniversary celebration. The podcast's producer is Michael Geoghegan, host of Reel Reviews and one of my podcasting cousins.
Maybe there is something to this podcasting thing. Can lawyers and law firms be far behind? (Answer: Yes.)
Posted by at 01:22 PM | Comments (1)