by cameron | Jul 6, 2006 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Hard to come up with a funny title for this post. Of course the biggest news in podcasting today is that the pretty blonde goddess of the video podcast is parting ways with Rocketboom. Why? No-one really knows. But I guess it drives home to me a couple of points.
- New media brands can come and go quickly.
- What happens to the advertisers who had bought long-term contracts with Rocketboom?
- Who is representing the new talent? Is there an agency yet set up to represent their interests? We need standard contracts, etc. Think Creative Commons for the talent.
Whoever picks up Amanda will have the same burst of attention that PodTech got when they hired Scoble (check out the pretty graph). Snapping her up and offering her something big was clever. I think. But although she is a huge property today, will she be huge tomorrow? I don’t know yet how much stock to put in the idea of talent in this world. In the days of yore, big names were partially big because their employers controlled the airwaves and could limit how many talents got a guernsey. It was limited supply. Carson was Carson, partly because he was a huge talent, but partly because he didn’t have much competition. Today competition is limitless. Talent? Well I’ve known lots of people in my time who were talented but didn’t have distribution. Today they can all have distribution if they want it. It’ll be fascinating to see how this all pans out over the next decade.Â
UPDATE: Andrew Baron’s (her partner) statement on why she left.
by cameron | Jul 5, 2006 | Podcast
Join Cameron Reilly, Australia’s #1 podcaster, and his special guest co-hosts Mike Seyfang and Nick Hodge, as they try to figure out why Eddie McGuire wants to “bone” TV presenter Jessica Rowe, why the Aussie Prime Minister cares about Big Brother, and you would want a Bionic Arm!
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by cameron | Jul 4, 2006 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Wayne Turmel is one of only a handful of TPN hosts that I have actually met in the flesh. When I was in NYC last year, Wayne and Scott Sherman managed to get themselves to NYC to have a drink (or two) with me, which was awfully nice of them.
Anyway, Wayne has written another book and it’s available today an e-book from his site. I’ve read it already and it’s terrific. It’s designed for those of you who spend your life in meetings. Fortunately for me, I am no longer one of those people but I feel your pain. I spent enough years in the corporate world to know what it’s like. This book will help you take control of the time spent in meetings which in turn will let you spend more time listening to podcasts on The Podcast Network. What more can you ask for?
As Wayne says:
It’s called “Meet Like You Mean Itâ€- a Cranky Middle Manager’s Guide to Productive and Painless Meetingsâ€.
The greatest praise and the biggest criticism I’ve heard are the same thing- it reads like the show sounds. One person called it “Stanley Bing meets the Training Manualâ€. Hopefully you’ll laugh, you’ll definitely recognize yourself and others, and you’ll find valuable tips for making your meetings less agonizing for you and your team.
It’s available now for download at the CMM store on my website, http://www.achismarketing.com/Meetlikeyoumeanit.html. The cost is $7.97US, which if you figure the cost of a bad meeting, shows ROI pretty darn quickly.
by cameron | Jul 4, 2006 | Podcast
I re-hydrated the Best Of TPN podcast today. The original idea was to select short clips from around TPN’s podcasts and put them out as a weekly show. It’s been dormant since October last year when the host gave up the ghost (hey I’m a poet) but I’m taking it over. If you want something done…
In this episode I’m featuring an interview with Chris Anderson editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine and author of the Long Tail Blog from Ian Dixon on The Media Center Show #64 and a classic interview with George Clinton by Nui Te Koha on Nui’s Rave #006.
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by cameron | Jul 4, 2006 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Ian Dixon had Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine and author of the Long Tail Blog, on the most recent episode of The Media Center Show podcast. Definitely worth listening to if you’re interested in the business model of the long tail. Get it here. Lots of great examples and anecdotes. Great interview Ian!
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