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May 08, 2006

Telegraph Podcast

The Telegraph has redesigned it's website and added a daily podcast, hosted by Guy Ruddle, featuring many of their best-known columnists, correspondents and feature writers.

May 05, 2006

Observer Food Podcasts

The Observer have a food podcast by Giorgio Locatelli who cooks some of his favourite recipes in his own kitchen at home.

April 27, 2006

Sony PSP Adds TV & Podcasts

Sony is preparing to launch a service that will allow PlayStation Portable (PSP) users to watch live television, play back recorded programmes and set up recordings through their home TV tuners. The upgrade also adds support for Flash website content and podcast streaming, as well as allowing additional music file formats to be played on the console.

April 26, 2006

iTunes Podcasts To Get Ads?

Ad Age has reported that Apple are considering including ads in iTunes. Visual ads may be connected to podcasts, perhaps furnishing podcast producers with a revenue stream.

April 25, 2006

Tom Jones Podcast

The Mirror has released a podcast interview with Tom Jones in which he discusses his life, his music and, of course, his new single - Stoned In Love.

How To Monetize Podcasts

The Motley Fool has a good look at podcasts and suggests a number of ways in which they may be monetized in the future including:

- sponsorship
- audio spots
- subscription

April 24, 2006

Jamie Oliver's Cooking Podcast

Jamie Oliver is to launch a podcast which will be give answers, tips, recommendations and advice on a whole manner of culinary and kitchen related issues.

April 20, 2006

More Podcasts Than Radio Stations

The number of podcasts managed by FeedBurner, a news feed service provider, now exceeds the total number of radio stations in the entire world, according to Rick Klau, FeedBurner's VP of Business Development.

April 19, 2006

New UK Celebrity New Podcast

Specialist podcast producers Daisy Media have teamed up with Capital Gold radio presenter Alex Belfield to launch a series of free celebrity audio interviews. The first podcasts include interviews with Jordan, Katie Melua and Piers Morgan.

April 13, 2006

Engadget Podcasts

Engadget is one of the best tech blogs around and their podcasts are required listening for gadget freaks everywhere.

April 12, 2006

David Bowie Podcasts

David Bowie is never one to miss a bandwagon and he is on the ball again with podcasting. His first podcast is an interview with one of his favourite new bands The Secret Machines.

The Times Podcasts

The Times has a weekly podcast dedicated to the UK music scene. Recent podcasts have covered The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Embrace, Orson and Graham Coxon.

Weekly Motley Fool Money Talks Podcasts

Money Talk is a weekly podcast hosted by David Kuo. David has been writing investing articles for the Fool since the summer of 2000 and also makes regular radio appearances, usually on BBC London. David is joined by a variety of guests, including Richard Cartmell, the humble lynchpin of the Fool's marketing team, and Ed Bowsher, our newest investment writer.

The Sun Bizarrre Gossip Podcast

The Sun is getting in on the podcasting bandwagon with their Bizarre podcast which contains all the latest celebrity news and gossip.

April 11, 2006

Wogan Launches Podcast

BBC Radio 2 veteran broadcaster Terry Wogan is launching his first podcast. Listeners will be able to download highlights of Wake Up To Wogan, the UK's most popular breakfast show.

8 Million UK Users Search For Podcasts

A survey by research firm BMRB found that nearly eight million Britons will go in search of a podcast in the next six months.

April 06, 2006

Podcast Audience Still Tiny

A new report by Forrester Research has found that while 25% of online consumers were aware of podcasts only 2% of them had actually tried them and only 1% used the regularly.

Podzinger - Podcast Search

Podzinger takes the audio content of podcasts and translates it to text so that you can then search the podcast for a particular word of phrase. It seems to work pretty well, I did a search for "Lindsay Lohan" and was presented with results such a Podcaster Entertainment News which included a feature on the actress.

April 03, 2006

Sky & BBC News Podcasts

Sky News is offering a podcast that will let office workers catch up on the latest headlines during their commute home. The BBC is offering also offering a podcast featuring highlights from that week's Newsnight

New Guardian New Podcast

The Guardian is leading the way with podcasts, currently they have Newsdesk, Mediatalk, Science weekly, Westminster Weekly and Prime Minister's Questions.

Cadbury Creme Egg Podcast

Cadburys are launching online talent show podcast for Cadbury Creme Egg. Consumers are invited to submit original audio performances to be showcased on the podcast, which is hosted by TV celebrity Kate Thornton.

Records Labels Not Joining Podcast Bandwagon

Podcasting is big news these days with current estimates putting the audience of users regulary downloading podcasts at 9 million. Episodes of The Ricky Gervais Show generated 250,000 downloads per week from Apple's iTunes music store. However according to Reuters despite all this interest record companies are still not happy to allow any digital distribution of their content via podcasting.