Podcasting Drum Beat Grows Louder
Posted on February 23, 2005
Recent articles by the The New York Times and other news providers suggest that Podcasting is ready to make a big impact on the music industry and talk radio. Podcasting allows anyone to broadcast audio messages over the Internet and it opens the world of radio up to amateurs -- in much the same way as blogging has opened up journalism and publishing.
Adam Curry, the former MTV veejay told Fortune, "With podcasting, people can tune out the world and listen to whatever they choose. In a way we're really looking at the dismantling of the monoculture."
Podcasting also offers opportunities to corporations trying to get out messages about their products and services. However, people oppose spam of any kind so corporations that try to market their products and services via podcasts will have to be innovative and do more than simply podcast their corporate message.
Want to know more? Wikipedia has a good entry explaining podcasting. And here are some other podcasting resources: PodcastingNews.com and iPodder, PodcastAlley.com.
