Relatedly (sort of), CNET ran an interview with Adam Curry in which he shares a few forward looking thoughts on how people view and embrace podcasting and its effect on mainstream radio broadcasts. It's a bit U.S.-centric, but that's a result of the line of questioning.
http://news.com.com/The+man+whos+got+mainstream+radio+quaking/2008-1026_3-5711864.html?tag=nefd.ac
Cheers, Charlie Meisch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<br><br><br>----Original Message Follows----<br>From: Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><br>Reply-To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group<[EMAIL PROTECTED]><br>To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group<[EMAIL PROTECTED]><br>Subject: [DDN] TechSoup article on podcasting<br>Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 09:17:57 -0400<br><br>Hi everyone,<br><br>TechSoup has just published an article about podcasting and nonprofits. It features several ddn members, including Dave Pentecost, Brian Russell and myself. Here's the intro to the article. -ac<br><br>Podcasting: A New Voice on the Net<br><br>If you've ever wanted to speak directly to your audience, here's your chance. While blogs give anyone with something to say a means to publish their views on the Web, podcasting gives those with a computer and Internet access a chance to create and post their own radio broadcasts.<br><br>Simply put, podcasts are digital audio files (typically MP3s) posted to the Web for anyone to download and listen to. Often called TiVo for radio, podcasts are different than traditional radio because you can time-shift them -- listen to them when you want to. And when paired with a portable player you can listen to them where you want to, as well. A quick scan of podcast directories like Podcast Alley shows the breadth of material available: Music shows like "Coverville", which focuses on cover songs; tech talk shows like the "Wizards of Technology"; and more unusual shows like "Beercasting" -- a show that captures the conversations of people that come together in bars across North America.<br><br>But it's not just a niche thing. As podcasting has become hotter, larger media corporations are trying it out. WNYC has made its "On the Media" show available, and other NPR affiliates are podcasting their shows, too. SciFi channel offers audio commentary about episodes of "Battlestar Galactica". Politicians are using the medium to get their messages out, too. The Republican National Committee offers podcasts from its site, and 2004 Democratic vice-presidential candidate John Edwards offers them from his site, too.<br><br>What place does podcasting have in nonprofit organizations? Think about it as any other media: It's a way to get out a message to an audience. And the message is what matters most. Of course, you'll need to know some basics before you create your first podcast.<br><br><snip><br><br>http://www.techsoup.org/howto/articlepage.cfm?ArticleId=598&topicid=2<br><br><br>--<br>-----------------------------------<br>Andy Carvin<br>Program Director<br>EDC Center for Media & Community<br>acarvin @ edc . org<br>http://www.digitaldivide.net<br>http://www.tsunami-info.org<br>Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com<br>-----------------------------------<br>_______________________________________________<br>DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list<br>[email protected]<br>http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide<br>To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.<br>
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