Tagged: Future of Podcasting
Here’s a post to put on your must-read list. It’s a thought-provoking article written by Joshua Benton for the Neiman Lab blog. Benton takes a look at the similarities between the evolution of blogging and the early life of podcasting. While blogging may resemble podcasting the way baseball resembles football, media has an evolutionary inertia that exerts itself regardless of the platform. That’s why Benton’s conclusions are not to be dismissed.
A long time ago, way before Col. Sanders was born, somebody invented statistics. In hindsight, this was a bad idea. Especially if you’re a podcaster.
According to media analyst Fred Jacobs, “…as much as consumers enjoy creating and sharing playlists, discovering new bands on Facebook, or reading polling stats on Politico, there’s no substitute for the local personal connection that only radio can provide.” That’s radio and podcasting, Fred. Radio and podcasting.
I nearly skipped over this article on the Media Briefing blog about podcasting’s renaissance and I’m glad I didn’t. Because unlike the typical “boy, we’re doing great” angle,...
We’re running out of real estate. No, I’m not talking about dirt. Aside from some garbage dumps and a few volcanic islands nobody’s making any more of that....
