The Lastest Issue of Blogger And Podcaster

My husband couldn’t understand my need to stay up late and finish reading this issue of Blogger & Podcaster magazine. He also doesn’t blog or do audio, so he doesn’t get my want and need to read industry news, and different perspectives on pressing topics. I’m a few days late with my review, since I took a detour to the beach with my son. It was another great issue folks, if you haven’t subscribed yet, get your free digital subscription now! There’s a banner on my sidebar, or you can go directly to BloggerAndPodcaster.com.

The magazine started off with an interesting take on the iPhone story. It’s not your typical iPhone piece, and it flashed me back to the days of long lines looking for a “Tickle Me Elmo”, standing in lines for concert tickets, and even recently, the long waits people dealt with hoping to get a Wii. It’s all about the hurry up, so you can get in line, just so you can wait…Why? So you can say, “I GOT ONE!”

Page 7 brings us talks of podcast companies combining, and an eye-opening piece about why you can’t blog at NCAA games. Is it rebroadcasting?

The “How to Watch a Podcast on your iPhone” type article seemed mute to me. If you don’t have one, you don’t care, and if you do, you got a manual. Read it…or give it to your kid to figure out!

The book “How To Do Everything With Podcasting” now has a companion website at EverythingWithPodcasting.com.

Page 11 highlighted the Podcasters Across Borders Conference, and focused on community rather than monetization.

Paul Colligan offers an article that compares email to RSS feeds.

Author Shel Israel discusess marketing and how it’s in a see-saw flux. Marketers need to hold on to both the older ways of doing things, while learning new approaches. This thought provoking piece looks at keeping up with the trends in marketing.

Are you interested in storage solutions? Just how much storage space do you need? You can read about storage on page 17.

If you ever wondered how the name podcasting came about, read a fun article by Rob Walch of Podcast411.com.

Being a co-blogger at Bloggers-R-Us.com, I read “Safety in Numbers” with great interest. Blogs can be considered collective works, so you may be liable for another person’s mishap, such an a copywriting infringement. Do you know your liabilities? If you’re considered independent contractors, you may only be responsible for your own work that you’ve contributed. With administrative duties, you’re aware of and have knowledge of what’s being published on the blog, such as something with copywriting, and can be legally responsible. Copyright Law 512 is where you want to learn more. To see what you need to know about co-blogging, be sure to read this very informative article.

Are you interested in the increase in music royalty rates for internet radio? Then you’ll want to read the different views from pages 28-33.

An article on knowing who your audience is, and a question and answer session with the author of “The Business Podcasting Bible” can be enjoyed as well. If you’d like to read the full version of the interview, you can go to the Blogger and Podcaster web site at BloggerAndPodcaster.com.

On “The IBNMA Beat”, Miles discusses Mahalo.com a new project with Jason Calacanis. Human found search results sounds a lot like ChaCha to me, but I’ll have to check it out to learn more. You can also read about the “Free Flow of Information Act” and how it may or may not cover bloggers. Be sure to check out IBNMA.org’s new blog as well. Are you a member of IBNMA.org yet? I am.

Lastly, enjoy an interview with MacCast.com’s Adam Christianson.

I thought this was a great issue of Blogger and Podcaster, offering information we can use, personality, and a voices that reach out to all bloggers and podcasters. Well done!

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