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Business, Podcasting

Podcasting push to mobile networks

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2 June 2006

UK podcasting pioneers Neil Dixon and Adrian Pegg have launched LinkedMedia to “spur the growth of podcast listeners by opening up accessible channels for independent podcasters to reach a wider audience.” From a post on Adrian’s blog: [… LinkedMedia is] designed to facilitate a path by which podcasters en masse may provide content to the mobile networks (and potentially other distribution and syndication channels), without the networks needing to negotiate individually with thousands of podcasters – a single task that…
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Business, Investor Relations

NYSE acquires Euronext

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2 June 2006

The much-talked-about takeover of the Euronext stock exchange by the New York Stock Exchange is going to happen: The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has agreed to buy the pan-European Euronext exchange, creating the first transatlantic stock market. The NYSE edged out German rival Deutsche Boerse to clinch the tie-up, creating a business worth $20bn (16bn euros; Â£11bn). The new firm will have its US base in New York and international headquarters in Paris and Amsterdam. The first transatlantic stock…
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Communication, Experimenting, For Immediate Release, Podcasting, Technology, Virtual Communities, Web

Reflections on the ‘Radio FIR’ Skypecast

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2 June 2006

So we did our Grand Experiment yesterday – recorded show #142 of the FIR podcast as a Skypecast. And it was a great experiment. Shel did a terrific job as MC and chief DJ, manipulating the Skypecast control panel, muting/unmuting people’s microphones on demand so that we had as much participation as we could. In tandem, a real-time Gabbly text chat on the FIR website was in action with participants adding comments and opinions to the topics being discussed via voice.…
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For Immediate Release

The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #142: June 1, 2006 – Skypecast Edition

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1 June 2006

Content summary: Live recording via Skypecast; June 5 show to be recorded at IABC International Conference, Vancouver; June 8 show to be recorded at Corante marketing conference, New York; Forrester survey on marketers shunning new media; David Philips reports (net neutrality and 13 US politicians); blog-based attacks to reputations – TechCrunch, O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 and Southampton football club; Dan York reports live (Commscafe.com, OPML); listeners’ comments discussion; details on FIR Dine-Arounds in Vancouver and New York; the music, and more.…
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Gadgets, Hardware, Innovation, Technology

‘Open source’ iLiad soon

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1 June 2006

As someone who reads mostly on a computer screen, I can’t wait to see gadgets appearing that make the screen-reading experience a lot better than it currently is with PC screens. I’ve written before about the iLiad, an e-book device that looks to be the most compelling yet in terms of features and ease of use. The developer, iRex Technologies in The Netherlands, a spin-off from Philips Electronics, will soon be offering the iLiad to business customers, starting in Europe…
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