Media Revolution: Podcasting Part I
In part one of a two-part article, learn about the who, what, why and how behind the newest form of media information and entertainment — podcasting.

Media Revolution: Video Podcasting Part II
In part two of this two-part article Steve Garfield and David Tames focus on video podcasting.

Captain Crunchberry Gang
Another interesting podcast discussion where Mike Arrington of TechCrunch fame joins Dan Farber, Mike Vizard, Doc Searls, and Dana Gardner for a rowdy trip down the Yellow Brick Road to OZ, where Mickey and Goofy are caught smoking dope with Steve Jobs on the iTunes back lot. Or something like that. (Warning: this description bears no actual resemblance to the show contents.)

Web threatens TV:Â report
Canadian broadcasters are among the most vulnerable to an onslaught of new technology that is changing how people watch TV, warns an IBM report titled “The End of Television as We Know It: A Future Industry Perspective”. For another report on the study, read BackStage’s article.

Digital Rights Management (DRM): Media Companies’ Next Flop?
Big media players are accustomed to watching the ratings for the most popular music, video and book content, but perhaps they should pay more attention to how consumers feel about three letters at the bottom of most charts — DRM, which stands for digital rights management.

I’ve also added these to the Resources web page. If you know of other resources that provide an interesting or different perspective, please send me an email.

Enjoy!

The following links are a first-cut and by no means exhaustive. I do hope you find them interesting and thought-provoking. Enjoy!

Reinventing Media: A Panel Discussion
This podcast of a panel discussion, led by grassroot media pioneer Dan Gillmor and consisting largely of audience questions, brings together entrepreneurs from different areas of the internet media world to discuss issues surrounding the explosion of online media.

Emerging Video Trends
In this podsession, Om Malik and Niall Kennedy sit down to discuss the current and future state of video creation and distribution technologies.

Media 2.0
The media industry is changing. Radical technological, management, and business model innovation is reshaping all segments of the value chain. This is the result of nothing less than a fundamental inversion of mass media economics, as well as the strategies that dominated those economics.

New Media Deal, Part I
The New Media deal is that we as American consumers are willing to share a certain amount of personal information in exchange for even better content, more personalized services, or even more targeted marketing — again, as long as those things aren’t too intrusive and provide adequate value.

New Media Deal, Part II – the We Media Deal
The We Media Deal has two components to it: (1) the value of the service to you increases in lock-step as you contribute more data to it, and (2) the more transparent the value exchange, the more willing you are to share your data.

The Future of Media, Part I
Fred Wilson has seen the future of media and here is what it looks like.

The Future of Media, Part II
Fred Wilson continues his look at the future of media.

The Future of Media…Looks Just Like the Past but Different
Mark Pincus posits that the future of media is found in the past.

The Trends and Issues Likely to Shape ‘06 Biz
“If 2005 was the year that digital broadband technology took the media and entertainment industries by surprise, then 2006 will be the year it takes control.” In this article, Diane Mermigas presents some interesting projections of what we can expect in the coming year.

Building a Better Movie Business
It’s the iconic American industry. But audiences are vanishing, piracy is soaring, and new technology is treacherous. Can Tinseltown innovate its way out of trouble?

Peer-to-Peer: The Problem is the Solution
The future of film distribution will take a cue from the pirates of today.

Searching for Success in the Interactive Age
Flooding the market with downloads of existing content and breaking up media conglomerates is no way to nurture a digital broadband revolution. Such knee-jerk responses by established media companies to unprecedented technology-driven changes in their business must soon give way to a more thoughtful harnessing of the shifting dynamics and demands of interactivity.

Mass Media’s Last Blast
I want my MTV — and my TiVo, Palm Pilot, iPod, podcast and, of course, blog. So does America still have any interest in the big, lumbering, predictable media of Hollywood and Manhattan?

Future of Internet TV Is Coming Into View
No single company put everything together into a magical product at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, but you didn’t need much imagination to connect the booths and see the Internet TV networks of the 21st century struggling to be born.

Mobile Biz Gets Moving
A quick look at the numbers: currently, only 3.1% of the 16 million cell phones in Canada can play video, and only 10% of those users ever tune in, according to mobile shop QuickPlay Media. But, by 2008, roughly 90% of the projected 18 million cell phones will be video capable.

Mark Cuban Maverick Mogul
As he builds his own digital version of the vertically integrated movie studio, Broadcast.com founder Mark Cuban is questioning everything about the business–and naturally ticking a lot of people off.

Survey Points to Big Jump in 2006 Canadian Ad Budgets
Canadian companies are plumping their marketing budgets amid a buoyant economy and the rapid expansion of on-line marketing.

New Podcast Ad Network Launches
The still nascent podcasting ad industry has a new player. Kiptronic, a San Francisco-based startup company, has launched a new ad network which will allow podcasters to dynamically insert audio advertisements within podcasts as they are downloaded.

CBS to Launch ‘Micro-Series’ on Television and Internet
Continuing the evolution of television marketing, CBS said a “micro-series” will air in seven installments of a minute or less and be available online and by cell phone.

AtomFilms to Launch Studio for Online Content
As the Internet has become the people’s stage and online video takes off, AtomFilms has launched what could be one of the first of many new studios dedicated to the production of video for the Web.

I will keep adding more resources and links as they become available. If you know of any articles, podcasts, or other references that should be added to the list, please drop me a line!