The list of sites to which you can submit your podcast for directory listings and podcast search indexing is growing. Be sure to submit your podcast to all the podcast directories.

ESPN has launched its first free, downloadable video podcasts available daily via the ESPN PodCenter and soon to be available via the iTunes Store.

Japan is considering new intellectual property rules that would allow any webcaster to redistribute any television content—provided that royalties are paid.

This web based tool helps you create chicklets so that pages can easily be bookmarked by the social networks.

The following applications have been nominated for the Best Sound Program 2007

Best Sound Program or Utility
ALSong by ESTsoft
DAccord iChords by DAccord Music Software
RecordForAll by NotePage, Inc.
Winamp Pro by NullSoft

Independent artists have a unique opportunity available to them. Podcasting is a fairly new medium that has far reaching distribution opportunities. Independent artists were once restricted by geography, playing at local clubs to increase their base. Podcasting has no borders.

Producing a podcast can mean the difference between success and failure for an independent artist.

Why Independent Artists Should Podcast

comScore and Ad Infuse, a mobile marketing firm, followed podcast downloads in October 2006 and males aged 18-24 accounted for 63% of the podcasting audience while females of the same age range accounted for only 37%. The 18-24 age group in general accounted for roughly 29% of the entire podcasting audience.

Schools all over the country have flocked to podcasting as a new medium to assist the teaching profession. Professors are using podcasts to instruct students and get their messages out. Podcasting is not restricted to one educational sector, professors at prestigest colleges from Bentley to Purdue have flocked to this medium.

A growing number of professors are recording their lectures, the term coursecasting has been adopted in academia. Podcast lectures are used as study tools, and are available for students who might have missed class. Some podcasts are password restricted to students who are enrolled in that specific class. While other institution's publicly post their podcasts and offer non-enrolled students insight into the class material.

Podcasting Revelotionizes Education

iPods can cause cardiac implantable pacemakers to malfunction by interfering with the electromagnetic equipment monitoring the heart, according to a study presented by a 17-year-old high school student to a meeting of heart specialists on Thursday.

The study tested the effect of the portable music devices on 100 patients, whose mean age was 77, outfitted with pacemakers. Electrical interference was detected half of the time when the iPod was held just 2 inches from the patient's chest for 5 to 10 seconds.

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