[Press Release] Groundbreaking Music Podcaster Brian Ibbott joins The Podcast Network
Posted on 31. Oct, 2006 by Cameron Reilly in General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Edinburgh and Denver, 30th October 2006 – Brian Ibbott, winner of the 2005 Peoples Choice Best Music Podcast, today joins The Podcast Network with his daily entertainment show, “Today in Music History.â€
Acting as a perfect slice of Podcasting every weekday, Ibbott’s latest show is a short, sharp and sweet hit of music, trivia and information that is great to dip into at any time of the day – stuck in traffic jam, waiting for a bus, or enjoying your tea break.
“TPN was a natural fit for a daily show like ‘Today In Music History‘,†Ibbott points out. “They were the first commercial podcast network, and their experience in promoting podcasts under their umbrella is unrivalled. I look forward to presenting my show to a whole new audience of music and podcast lovers alike.â€
“Brian was one of the first podcasters to make a truly great music show with ‘Coverville,’†enthuses Ewan Spence, Executive Director and Head of Music at The Podcast Network. “He still is a genuine trail-blazer, and to bring this unique and exciting show, and its host, to the Network has long been a personal goal. I can’t wait for our listener’s reaction to the news.â€
With over 60 original shows covering a multitude of genres (including music, technology, lifestyle, sports, entertainment, education and death) The Podcast Network continues to empower listeners with choice, diversity and original programming, all freely available through iTunes and their main website, www.thepodcastnetwork.com.
Contact
Ewan Spence, The Podcast Network
Telephone: +44 (0) 7966 152772
Email: ewan@thepodcastnetwork.com
Web: http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/
Brian Ibbott, Coverville Media
Telephone: +1 720 352 4737
Email: coverville@gmail.com
Web: http://todayinmusichistory.thepodcastnetwork.com/
TPN & News Corp bring you showBUZZ
Posted on 31. Oct, 2006 by Cameron Reilly in General
I’m excited to announce the first episode of showBUZZ, a thrice-weekly (that’s three times a week) celebrity gossip podcast that I’m producing and co-hosting for News.com.au. My co-host Justine Parker, Deputy Entertainment Editor for News.com.au, and I dissect the top celebrity gossip stories of the day in a 15-minute show. Check it out here! At this stage we’re thinking of it as a pilot and hopefully it’ll be hugely successful and will turn into a regular show.
US Newspaper Circulation In Massive Decline
Posted on 31. Oct, 2006 by Cameron Reilly in General
I’ve enjoyed an interesting day at ANZA Tech in Santa Clara. We’ve spent the day being coached by Dan Sapp on presentation style. I’ve always been pretty skeptical about the need for such training for someone like myself who has presented a lot over the years. I thought it would ruin my natural style, the same way singing lessons often ruin a previously natural voice. But lately I’ve realized that it isn’t enough to just get up and talk to a room full of people – unless you change their behaviour in the way you intended, it’s a wasted opportunity. So I learned some great tips today and feel like I’m coming out of it a better presenter.
Anyhoo… The New York Times has an article today about the increasing decline of newspaper circulation in the USA. And before Rob Irwin starts writing his rebuttal about how their web numbers are up, the NYT has already anticipated him:
Revenues from Web sites are rising quickly as well, but they account for only a small portion of overall revenues, and it could be decades before Internet revenues exceed those from the printed editions of major newspapers.
This has always been my point. As readers (and listeners and viewers) move to the web, the underlying economic viability of the old media is increasingly under threat. Why? One reason is that they have a LOT more competition online. Most old media companies suddenly move from competing with a handful of local companies in their own region, to competing with a globe full of companies and, increasingly, citizen media, for the attention of their audience.
What happens to these old media companies when the audience minutes they own declines? Revenues decline. And then? Layoffs. Cutbacks. And then? Some of the people they layoff, writers, editors, camera operators, directors, producers, etc, start their own online company, creating even more competitin.
Stir, repeat.
For us lowly start-ups, it’s all growth, all upside. For the old media, it’s all downside.