Interviews with Digital Media Thought Leaders

How To Podcast

Podcast Video | Posted by Phil Leigh on September 22, 2008

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If you would like to learn how to become a podcaster, this video is for you.

Podcasting essentially enables you to have your own radio or television station. The programs will be automatically delivered to your audience and received by most any Internet-connected multimedia device including computers, iPods, and iPhones. Even televisions can receive your shows if they are connected via a LAN to a computer.  Finally, the programs can be heard, or viewed, anytime after they are released. There is no need for the audience to “tune in” at a scheduled time or risk missing the show. Read more…

Getting Paid for Music

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on August 25, 2008

 
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Sales of recorded music in the United States are nowabout 30% lower than when Shawn Fanning introduced Napster in 1999. Sales in the physical form (e.g. CDs) are down by nearly half. There is little doubt that the Internet has been a “game changer” for the record label business. 

In this audio program we explore a couple of ways that the Internet can add revenues. One is already generating more money for the industry and promoting new artists. The second appears to be an idea whose time has come. Read more…

RIP for RIM’s BlackBerry and the Radio Industry?

Podcast Video | Posted by Phil Leigh on August 18, 2008

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This video investigates whether the 3G-iPhone signals the decline of the fortunes of Blackberry-maker, Research-in-Motion as well as those of broadcast and satellite radio.

Many executives hunger for the iPhone but can’t do without real-time email while they’re on the move. As a result, they haven’t bought the iPhone because they don’t want to carry around yet another portable unit in addition to their Blackberries. However, the situation changed on July 11th when Apple started selling the 3G-iPhone with “push” email while earlier iPhones can get a free “push” email download. Read more…

Will the iPhone SDK Live Up to Expectations?

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on March 30, 2008

 
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Steve LangSummary: If you are curious to know whether the new Software Developers Kit for the Apple iPhone is a genuinely significant industry development, this interview is for you.
 
Subject: Our guest today is Steve Lang who operates the MadMaxMedia.com blog. Steve believes that the new SDK is a truly important and will live up to the general media hype. He feels that in the future there will be a multitude of 3rd party applications that will make the iPhone a portable “teleputer” upon which voice conversations shall be merely one of a great many applications.   Read more…

Analysis of New Products from Mac World

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on January 24, 2008

 
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Jefferson GrahamSummary: If you would like a professional opinion on the products from the recent Mac World conference, this interview is for you.
 
Our guest today is Jefferson Graham who is a Technology Reporter with USA Today. He and Ed Baig are the Co-Hosts of the Talking Tech podcasts. After stints at The Hollywood Reporter and Entertainment Tonight, Graham joined USA Today in 1984 covering entertainment. He switched to tech in 2000. Graham is also the author, or co-author, of nine books, including Aaron Spelling: a Prime-Time Life. 

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How Important is The iPhone & What Might Go Wrong?

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on June 25, 2007

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Alan Reiter has been a wireless industry consultant for nearly 30 years. He was with the leading Radio Common Carrier trade association before the first cellular licenses were awarded. Now he runs the Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing website, newsletter, and consultancy. He and I discuss the future of the wireless internet and the iPhone. Read more…