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The Crowded Market of Podcasting

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Nearly a year after Apple began offering podcasts on iTunes, podcasting has become a surprisingly diverse audio genre - the Wild West of the media landscape. Thousands of companies and individuals offer podcasts on every conceivable subject. Today, we look at some of the best and worst of the medium, from those offering university lectures and stocktips to indie rock and more. We'll get a state of the podcast business and hear from a skeptic who believes it may just be a fad.

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It's a Pod World After All

Time Magazine reporter Jeremy Caplan discusses the crowded podcast media landscape and offers his podpicks.
» The Pick Of The Podcasts by Jeremy Caplan

Oh, Behave!

Hear about "Bedroom Radio" with Ellie Lumpesse, a podcast that looks into the intersection between indie rock and sex. Also: In an age when the Pope has an iPod, perhaps it's no surprise prayers are being offered as podcasts. Fr. Peter Scally, British Jesuit and creator of the website "Pray As You Go" explains how MP3s can lead to faith.
» Pray As You Go Web site

Fad or Media Technology of the Future?

Tim Bourquin, co-host of The Podcast Brothers, a weekly show on podcasting and David Coursey, a contributing editor for Ziff Davis Internet debate the future of podcasting.
» Few Compete to Settle Podcasting's Wild West Advertising Age