The Podcast Firestorm
Charlene Li has sure set off a firestorm of controversy in the wake of her report that suggested only 1% of households listen currently to podcasts. The blogosphere went into hyper-mode with criticism and support. The critics - most of them actively involved in the podcasting industry - were fairly brutal with some wondering what planet Li is living on. eMarketer has weighed into the fray by highlighting a recent report that suggests there will be 15-million podcast listeners by 2010 - which is not that different than Li's 12.3-million estimate. Below, you'll find a graphic from the report.
Shameless plug: check out my first podcast (done with National Post colleague Kevin Restivo) here. We're looking for tips, ideas, a name and a podcast hosting service.
April 12th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
Congrats on the first podcast…I'll have a listen. Stuart gave me the heads-up the other day, but this is the first chance I've had to click on it.
I've been using libsyn as a podcast host. Cheap and pretty easy to use. There are also some great flash player plug-ins that you can get for varioius blog platforms. I use PodPress for WordPress and it works very well.