PITTSBURGH, Jan 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) —-Wizzard Media (NYSE Amex: WZE), the world’s largest podcasting network, today announced that it recorded an unprecedented 1.4 billion podcast download requests in 2009. Wizzard Media, through its premier podcast-hosting service Libsyn, received an average of 3.77 million requests for podcast episodes per day in 2009. On average, 23…
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Currently I have the School of Podcasting. This is a membership site where for $39 a month you get access to tutorials, resources, and live training. I realize that some people really hate joining membership sites as it can be very tricky to unsubscribe (although I have a link inside the school of podcasting that…
On 9/24/04 a search for the word “podcasts” resulted in 24 hits. Now it returns 60,700,000 results. To bad Leo Laporte thinks podcasting is dead. I’m sure he’ll say it again at the blog world expo in a few weeks. Well a new report from Wizzard Media shows that podcast listeners are up from 15 million…
Leo Laporte said at the Online News Association Conference that Podcasting is dead because its’ too hard (apparently an iTunes one clickis to hard). In the same speech he also: Stated that he earned 1.5 million He sates that he has $350,000 in expenses (do the math). He states that because of the relationship with his listeners, and…
This week apple pointed out that with 225 million ipods sold to date they own 73.8% of the market. With this in mind if you divide 225 million by 73.8 you get 3.048 (which would be one percent). If you then multiply that by 100 you 304.8 million portable devices. While you don’t need an…
OK, this was originally going to be a scathing attack on another “Podcast Consultant” that has been spamming twitter. He had a stint on AM radio, and now has deemed himself a podcast consultant. Instead I am going to give you some tips to look for when picking a podcast consultant (inspired by this broadcasting…
According to A Wired Article, Adam Curry Launched “The Daily Source Code” on August 13th 2004. While I’m sure there were other things that went down an RSS feed before that, I say we are close in calling today “The birth of Podcasting.” When I started podcasting in April of 2005 there was very, VERY…
I am touching up a new client’s website (www.vinnypedulla.com ) where I created a custom wordpress theme for him. Vinny is a great guy, great musician, and also blind. When I made the page for his audio samples, I used the good old fashioned “Audio Player” player plugin. As Vinny wants to eventually be able…
So many people want to try to sell advertising on their podcast like radio does. PODCASTING IS NOT RADIO. Let’s talk about advertising. You can get help, or you can do it yourself. Let’s take a peak. Well the problem is many people think Podcasting as if it is Radio where you might get $10-$15…