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In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts) and Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch) opine about: Events: Craig and John will be attending Web 2.0 Expo New York, November 16 - 19 An Historic Week: Happy 40th Birthday, Internets! Happy Birthday, Banner Ad! Craig worked on the campaign to create that first banner. Jeff Jarvis talks about Howard Stern 3.0: The Future of Entertainment Sirius XM Year-Over-Year Net Susbcribers haven t increased in a year AT s Network Problems Could be Self-Induced by Poor Architecture Chia-Lin has groped the Droid and is in love with this new gadget. Google has released Android 2.0 along with Droid, brings free Google Maps turn-by-turn navigation. A game changer, to be sure. Even with an exclusive on the Palm Pre, Sprint still lost subscribers last quarter We love Julius Genachowski, the new head of the FTC. The FTC wants to buy back TV spectrum to make it available for mobile devices. Broadband is now a universal right in Norway. Netflix Streaming is coming to the PS3 and Wii Roku released two new boxes: the Roku HD-XR and the Roku SD Netflix will offer a streaming-only service, but not in the US. WTF!? It probably has something to do with rights. Steve would drop cable altogether and go IPTV. What about Cable a la carte? Never happen. Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. Technorati Tags: John Federico, Craig Calder, Steve Hatch, Chia-Lin Simmons, Motorola Droid, Verizon Wireless, Smartphones, Entertainment, Sony Playstation 3, PS3, Nintendo Wii, Wii, On-Demand Streaming Services, Netflix, AT T Wireless, Google Android, Android 2.0, Google Maps, Garmin, TomTom, Broadband, Roku, Sirius XM, Howard Stern, Jeff Jarvis, Julius Genachowski, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Wireless Spectrum, Banner Ads, Mobile, Wireless, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Music, Podcast, Media, Google, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts), Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) and Craig Calder (twitter:@ccalder) discuss their predictions for 2009. Topics include: Craig is going to the PhocusWright Conference November 17th through the 19th Ken is now living in the Boston area and looking for a new gig WSJ is going to start charging for mobile access to subscription content. There will be discounts for current subscribers. Do the math: based on current pricing, the WSJ iPhone app is just as valuable as the print subscription. Is this the beginning of the age of a Platform-agnostic news organization The newspaper industry has been in decline for 50 years. They just didn t know it. 24% of newspapers are ignoring the digital channel for distributing content Business Week had 93 suitors at one point - only half are still interested in purchasing the publication. The brand means nothing if the business is dying. The Kindle version of Dan Brown s new book The Lost Symbol is outselling the hardcover on Amazon Every president in American history has been a Mason except for one: John F. Kennedy. The Book is dead. Long live the Book. The printed book is not dead. The book publishing business as we know it is dead. (or dying) Google bough ReCaptcha as a tool for helping digitize books Google will make many of the books that it has scanned as part of its Google Books initiative via print-on-demand Smashing Pumpkins will be distributing their new album in its entirety for free. If you want, you can buy one of the 11 collectors editions. That works for major acts, but what about the thousands of other musicians and performers? Check out JamsBio.com The artists took over merch, ClearChannel and others took over the venues. All that s left are the CD s and lawsuits. ASCAP and BMI want royalties for the 30-second samples on iTunes and other downloadable musi retailers. The music industry wants to get paid for that extra one second beyond the 29-second fair use doctrine. Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT comor call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Craig Calder, Entertainment, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, ASCAP, BMI, Books, Book Publishing, ReCaptcha, Print-on-Demand, JamsBio.com, Amazon Kindle, Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol, Hardcover, eBooks, Google, Google Books, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Freemasons, Apple iPhone, Newspapers, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Music, Podcast, Media, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts), Craig Calder (twitter: @ccalder) and Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch) discuss chat about current news and events: Craig is at TravelZoo and headed to the FocusRight conference in December John will attend the September meeting of the New York Social Media Club Opinion: The New York Times will print only on Sundays, be digital all other days - for a fee Let s make an eReader. All the cool kids are doing it. THE mass market eReader needs to be $99 or less We belabor the issue of the iPhone battery life. Again. Craig just finished listening to The Accidental Billionares, the book about Facebook - Highly Entertaining. Apple announced new products: iTunes 9, iPhone OS 3.1, a revised iPod nano with video capture, a revised iPod Touch and the iLiver! Outlook for Mac is coming John thinks all iPod hardware needs wifi. It would be a boon for media sharing worldwide. iTunes 9 brings the social! Facebook and Twitter integration. Apple offers five times the entertainment titles than the combined number of titles for Sony and Nintendo portable game machines, Got kids? Got an iPhone or iPod Touch? Get Trace. Free in the App Store. Chia-Lin believes that Android needs 4 million handsets in the market before it reaches a tipping point. Craig: Apple s true [iPhone] competitor has yet to be revealed. The Treo is the 8-track of handsets. Android is the open source equivalent of Windows Mobile in the sense that it shares similar challenges. Craig digs the DigiDay conferences. Is Apple the new Big Brother? Motorola announced the Android-based Cliq with the MotoBlur interface Palm released the Pixi, a cheaper, candybar qwerty without a slider. AT Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT comor call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Craig Calder, iPhone, Entertainment, Android, Apple, Smartphones, Windows Mobile, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newspapers, Microsoft, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Music, Podcast, Media, Google, iPhone, Apple iPhone, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) and Kris Smith (twitter: @croncast discuss: iPhone 3GS Video Revolution Every third tweet is from someone green Could the events in Iran be contributing to the growth in YouTube s mobile video uploads and not just the iPhone 3GS? Bozeman, Montana asks job applicants for their social networking profiles, passwords, then rethinks practice. If you re an employee of the The Associate Press, you ve been promoted to Editor - of what your friends post to your social networking profiles, that is. Are Upload Speeds the new Broadband Selling Point? Kris thinks that Cloud Computing is driving some of the need for faster upload speeds. The iPhone 3GS has the ability to capture 720p HD video, but it doesn t. Why not? Amazon puts a cap on how often certain Kindle books can be downloaded. Maybe that will be circumvented by some creative hackers as Amazon just released the source code for each of the Kindle devices. Analysts are convinced that the average price of a Kindle ebook will increase on Amazon.com. Ken wants to know: Exactly how big is the Kindle business? Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Kindle 2, Kindle, Amazon Kindle, eBooks, Broadband, Uploads, Iran, Twitter, Social Media, Mobile Video, Video, YouTube, Cell Phones, Mobile Phones, Economy, Recession, iPhone 3GS, Journalism, iPhone, Smartphones, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Podcast, Media, Google, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT comor call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Music, Podcast, Media, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this impromptu episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy) and Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman)discuss the the Q1 2009 online advertising results from the IAB. Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Economy, Recession, Online Advertising, Research, Competition, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Podcast, Media, Google, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), speaks with Gabe Zichermann (twitter: @gzicherm), CEO of RmbrMe, creators of the popular BeamMe mobile social networking application. Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT comor call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Gabe Zichermann, RmbrMe, BeamMe, iPhone, BlackBerry, Smartphones, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Music, Podcast, Media, App Store, Apple, Apple iPhone, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), speaks with Gabe Zichermann (twitter: @gzicherm), CEO of RmbrMe, creators of the popular BeamMe mobile social networking application. Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT comor call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Gabe Zichermann, RmbrMe, BeamMe, iPhone, BlackBerry, Smartphones, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Music, Podcast, Media, App Store, Apple, Apple iPhone, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts) and Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) discuss: Tim Armstrong joins AOL as CEO. Talk of TimBama around the office. Google replaces him with Dennis Woodside. Zucker: Online video revenues not yet replacing lost broadcast revenues Sony eBook Store Adds 500,000 Free Titles From Google Portable, digital journalism iPhone OS 3.0 Millions to cut cell phone spending(?) Prince Launches Online Subscription Service Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Kindle 2, Kindle, Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, eBooks, Prince, Cell Phones, Mobile Phones, Economy, Recession, iPhone OS 3.0, AOL, Tim Armstrong, Dennis Woodside, Jeff Zucker, NBCU, NBC Universal, Hulu, Journalism, iPhone, Smartphones, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Podcast, Media, Google, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts) and Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) discuss: Tim Armstrong joins AOL as CEO. Talk of TimBama around the office. Google replaces him with Dennis Woodside. Zucker: Online video revenues not yet replacing lost broadcast revenues Sony eBook Store Adds 500,000 Free Titles From Google Portable, digital journalism iPhone OS 3.0 Millions to cut cell phone spending(?) Prince Launches Online Subscription Service Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Kindle 2, Kindle, Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, eBooks, Prince, Cell Phones, Mobile Phones, Economy, Recession, iPhone OS 3.0, AOL, Tim Armstrong, Dennis Woodside, Jeff Zucker, NBCU, NBC Universal, Hulu, Journalism, iPhone, Smartphones, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Podcast, Media, Google, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts), Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch), Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) and special guest, Evan Brown (twitter: @internetcases)discuss: The Facebook TOS fiasco Kindle Text-to-Speech kerfuffle Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT comor call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Evan Brown, Kindle 2, Kindle, Amazon Kindle, FaceBook, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Podcast, Media, Google, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts), Steve Hatch (twitter:@shatch), Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) and special guest, Evan Brown (twitter: @internetcases)discuss: The Facebook TOS fiasco Kindle Text-to-Speech kerfuffle Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT comor call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Evan Brown, Kindle 2, Kindle, Amazon Kindle, FaceBook, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Podcast, Media, Google, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy) and Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch) are joined by Chia-Lin Simmons via Skype to discuss: Events: John is planning to attend The Conversational Marketing Summit in NYC on June 9th and 10th Microsoft still intent on acquiring Yahoo. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Yahoo earnings grow 9%; Microsoft earnings down. Maybe they should focus, eh? Apple earnings up. Mac sales up 40% and the iPhone is still selling strong. AT T seeems waaaay behind in its rollout of its 3G wireless network. Could that be why Apple waited to release a 3G iPhone? Verizon s rollout of EV-DO is so much more compelling. We discuss Apple s release of a CDMA iPhone at some point in the future. Japan? U.S. grey market? DOH! Microsoft discontinues DRM support for music purchased from MSN Music. Microsoft should read Seth Godin s Small is the New Big. The Death Knell sounds for the MSN Spot Watch Sony buys GraceNote for $260 million. The company plans to integrate the service with its own products and services. Podcast audience up 87% among rock radio listeners (?) Podshow is now Mevio. Next story eBay to sell Skype - to Google? A Skype client for Android? Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Music, iTunes, Microsoft, Sony, Gracenote, CDDB, iTunes, Spot Watch, AT T Wireless, 3G Wireless, Wireless Broadband, Skype, eBay, MSN Music, DRM, Advertising, Conversational Marketing Conference, Mobile, Wireless, Google, Podcast, Yahoo, Apple, iPhone, Media, Acquisitions, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy) and Ken Gellman (twitter: @gellmanken) are joined by Steve Hatch (twitter: @shatch) to discuss: Events: Podcamp NYC is on April 25th and 26th at Brooklyn Polytechnic University. As a result of Daddy Duty, John can t attend this year. Ken will be in Baltimore with his in-laws for Greek Easter and Steve is just a dork. Ken is attending the San Fran Music Tech Summit on the 8th, 9th and 10th. Steve will probably attend Web 2.0 in San Francisco on April 22 - 25. John is planning to attend the Conversational Marketing Summit on June 9th and 10th in NYC. (Congratulations to John Battelle Co. on the close of their recent round of venture financing.) The Podcast Audience grew 40% in one year according to a study by Arbitron-Edison Media. New York passes The Amazon Tax which mandates that all ecommerce providers must collect New York State sales tax for items being shipped to the state - a hefty 8.25%. California however, has rejected a similar tax. John is searching for treatment for a new maladay called Twitter Fatigue. We talk about twitter, twitter tools (FriendFeed, SocialThing, AlertThingy), the types of twitter spam, etc. By the way: how is twitter going to make money? Why is it that twitterific can insert advertising into your twitter stream and generate revenue from it but twitter can t - or just doesn t? Steve points out that Pownce inserts advertising. Ken was introduced to twitter by the CEO of MatchMine, Mike Troiano (twitter: @miketrap) If you have a jailbroken iPhone, check out twinkle - a native twitter client that inserts your location into your twitter posts using the iPhone s location services. The Quest for Yahoo continues, this time with new crusaders: AOL, Google, and now a combined Microsoft-News Corp bid. We remain confused. AOL s Platform A is the top advertising network by reach. Blockbuster to buy Circuit City. Like most people, we wonder WTF they re thinking. Oh yeah, and they re going to offer set top box for streaming video. Again: WTF? Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Downloads, Audio, Music, iTunes, Retail, eCommerce, NewsCorp, Microsoft, Circuit City, Blockbuster, Vudu, Home Theater, Twitter, Pownce, AlertThingy, FriendFeed, SocialThing, Advertising, Business Models, Amazon Tax, Sales Tax, Mail Order, Catalogs, AOL, Apple TV, TiVo, Cable TV, Platform A, Mike Troiano, Conversational Marketing Conference, John Battelle, Venture Capital, Investments, Twinkle, Location based services, Mobile, Wireless, twitterific, Google, Podcamp NYC, Podcast, Yahoo, MatchMine, Apple, iPhone, Media, Acquisitions, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Events

In this episode, John Federico (twitter: @gadgetboy), Chia-Lin Simmons (twitter: @zeropts) and Ken Gellman (twitter: @kengellman) are joined by Eric Rochow (GardenFork.tv, Real World Green and The Greenhouse) (twitter: @ericgardenfork) to discuss: Eric s recently signed co-production, marketing and distribution deal with For Your Imagination. Congratulations to both Eric and FYI. Events: John and Eric attended Jeff Pulver s Social Media Breakfast in NYC at the Reuters building; Chia-Lin spoke at the Spring VON show in San Jose; John and Eric will be attending Podcamp NYC on April 25th and 26th at Brooklyn Polytechnic University. Chia-Lin s having a baby! A girl, due mid-May. Congratulations to her and her husband, Chris. Apple has surpassed Wal-Mart as the number one music retailer in the United States with over 50 million customers and 4 billion songs sold. On their heels are new services from MySpace and LimeWire, adding to the services from Amazon, eMusic, SpiralFrog and others. Google s Chief Information Officer has left to head EMI Digital. Chia-Lin predicts he ll be gone in 18 months. Ouch. Elvis Costello s new album entitled Momofuku , will be sold as a vinyl record and as digital downloads - but not on compact discs. Online and Mobile ad spending reached $29 Billion in 2007. Given the ubiquity of mobile phone penetration and the rising popularity of smartphones, does it matter if those numbers are bundled? Eric talks about the nascent sponsorship program for his IPTV showsMicrosoft may develop a version of Office for the iPhone Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Eric Rochow, Real World Green, Gardenfork.tv, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, For Your Imagination, Elvis Costello, Downloads, Audio, Music, Wal-Mart, iTunes, Retail, eCommerce, EMI, EMI Digital, Google, Podcamp NYC, Podcast, Yahoo, MatchMine, SXSW, Google, Android, Apple, iPhone, Media, Adobe Flash, Silverlight, Acquisitions, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Jeff Pulver, SoMBAA, Events

In this episode, John Federico, Ken Gellman and Steve Hatch review: Gigs: Ken started a new gig as the Director of Sales for MatchMine. Congrats, Ken. Events: Ken attended SXSW; Steve, Ken and John attended the Business of APIs Conference; John will be attending Jeff Pulver s Social Media Breakfast The deal closed: Audible is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon. Congrats to all. Steve Jobs says, No Flash for the iPhone. Adobe would develop it, if they could, but claims they need lower level hooks into the OS and help from Apple to do it. Perhaps as part of Apple s ActiveSync License they ll allow Microsoft s Silverlight instead? Hmmm. Is the iPhone Apple s proverbial Trojan Horse for getting into Enterprises? Google reports that it s seeing growth in mobile internet usage on several platforms - most notably the iPhone. When Android handsets are released, what kind of usage will they see then? Rich Miner, a Google exec, says that Android will outsell the iPhone. Rumors have Apple starting a music subscription service - one that may be subsidized (READ: Free) for iPod and iPhone owners. The CEO of eMusic calls it a classic anti-trust case of tying. Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Podcast, Yahoo, Open Social, Facebook, MatchMine, SXSW, Google, Android, Apple, iPhone, Media, Audible, Amazon, Flash, Silverlight, Java, J2ME, Acquisitions, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Jeff Pulver, SoMBAA, Events

In this episode John Federico, Chia-Lin Simmons, and Steve Hatch discuss: Events: Chia-Lin will be speaking at the Spring VON expo in San Jose; John will be attending Jeff Pulver s Social Media Breakfast in NY on March 26th. Listener email AOL s acquisition of Bebo Yahoo s possible use of Open Social Google s Acquisition of Doubleclick is complete. Integration - and layoffs - begin. Michael Eisner says there s no money in internet video. Yet. Hulu launches. Steve and Chia-Lin like it and prefer it over the Joost experience. Is Hulu a competitor to traditional broadcast? Cable VOD? DVD? All of the above? TiVo will enable playback of video from YouTube in an upcoming software release No Blu-Ray for Xbox 360? DirecTV is going to start delivering on-demand video with the help of local storage on the set-top box Blockbuster announced increased earnings and an improved outlook for the year Apple and KPCB launch the iFund - a $100MM investment fund for iPhone application developers. Chia-Lin s not impressed. Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: Online Advertising, Advertising, John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Podcast, Yahoo, Open Social, Facebook, AOL, Bebo, Michael Eisner, TiVo, YouTube, DVR, KPCB, iFund, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Beyers, VC, Venture Capital, TV, Television, Google, Doubleclick, VOD, Blu-Ray, Apple, iPhone, Hulu, Joost, NetFlix, Earnings, Downloads, Media, Google, Spring VON Conference, VON, Acquisitions, Alexander Blu, Jobs, Careers, Career Development, Jeff Pulver, SoMBAA, Events

In this episode John Federico tries to wrangle Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Ken Gellman into discussing: Events: Chia-Lin will be speaking at the Spring Von Conference in San Jose in March; Steve will likely attend the Web 2.0 Conference in April Jobs: Jake Shapiro of PRX is looking for Social Media Co-Curators for the BallotVox coverage of Campaign 08. iTunes is now the second biggest U.S. retailer of music, second only to Wal-Mart. Random House will start selling their audiobooks without DRM in mp3 format. What does this mean for Audible and its acquisition by Amazon.com? Apple COO Tim Cook has stated that the iPhone isn t necessarily tied to the current single carrier model, as it has been. Steve wonders is Apple will release and unlocked phone of any sort - including CDMA. He also wonders if this statement is a result of Google s strategy for Android. Apple is planning to announce the availability of its SDK and corporate support for Microsoft Exchange groupware systems. Sign me up! (Well, after they add 3G support, too ) Google is rumored to be exploring a purchase of 20% of Yahoo stock in order to put a halt to the acquisition attempt by Microsoft. John Battelle says that everyone is in the media business. We delve into the nuances of Battelle s assertion, the separation of media and commerce and the concepts of engagement and attention. People spend nearly half of their media time online according to a research report by IDC, but only about 10% of media dollars ($21 billion in 2007, according to the IAB) actually flow in that direction. Steve asks, When will we merge the measurement of online and TV? John answers, Never. Of course there are attempts by companies like Nielsen to get a better view on holistic media consumption of panels of people. Steve asks, Will broadcast media become the modern day version of AM radio, taking a back seat to IP-based media distribution? Yes. Of course. We push Steve on his downloadable video vs. Blu-Ray prediction. He maintains that the tipping point toward downloadable video will begin in 2 years time. Steve launches into a diatribe on the future of media distribution. John parries by informing the crew that NetFlix - a company that distributes round discs that contain digital media - has raised its outlook for the coming year. Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: Online Advertising, Advertising, John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Podcast, TV, Television, Nielsen, Podcasting, Digital Audio, VOD, Blu-Ray, Apple, iPhone, Microsoft Exchange, John Battelle, IAB, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Research, iTunes, Music Retailers, Music, Wal-Mart, Audience Measurement, Metrics, PRX, Public Radio Exchange, NetFlix, Earnings, AT T Wireless, AT T, Audible, Amazon, Random House, Audiobooks, Downloads, Media, Google, Spring VON Conference, VON, Acquisitions, Alexander Blu, iTunes, Microsoft, Yahoo, MicroHoo, Jobs, Careers, Career Development

In this episode John Federico, Chia-Lin Simmons and Steve Hatch disect: The latest on the Microsoft-Yahoo acquisition attempt. It s gettin ugly Yahoo sheds hundreds of people in an attempt to right itself. There are plenty of companies in the Valley looking for talented folks who are ready to scoop them up. Shockingly, our friend Susan Mernit is one of them. Go woo her while you still can! Despite retention packages, a bunch of folks have left voluntarily: Bradley Horowitz left for Google while Jeff Bonforte left to become CEO of Xobni.. In the event of a Microsoft takeover, the packages will likely vest immediately, creating something of a a poison pill for the hostile acquirer. The 7-11 Deal: Could Yahoo Japan buy Yahoo proper? Sergey Brin finds the potential of a Microsoft-Yahoo merger unnerving - but not because of its potential to be a competitive force. Google is expanding its AdSense for Video advertising program. Publishers need to stream a minimum of 1 million streams per month in order to qualify for the program. VideoEgg has also announced their video advertising program, charging advertisers only when users Engage. $1 for a hover? That s what they consider Engagement? A CPH? We ll stick with Google for now LiveUniverse buys Revver for about $5 million . Marketers are moving their attention and now, so is Nielsen. In other research, 62% of marketers feel that TV is less effective than it has been. (Duh.) Sony finally wins a format war! Blu-Ray emerges as the winner in the hi-def disc war. Steve is already positing the demise of Blu-Ray as on-demand, downloadable video begins to take hold. John and Chia-Lin think he s jumping the gun, just a bit. An ODM-style brawl ensues. Chia-Lin sets up another Wine Wager. What will be Steve s prediction? Find out next episode Events: Chia-Lin will be speaking at the Spring VON show in San Jose Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: Online Advertising, Advertising, John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Podcast, Susan Mernit, Bradley Horowitz, Jeff Bonforte, Hostile Takeover, VideoEgg, TV, Television, Nielsen, Podcasting, Digital Audio, Yahoo Japan, Layoffs, VOD, Apple TV, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, Downloads, Media, Google, Spring VON Conference, VON, Acquisitions, Alexander Blu, iTunes, Microsoft, Yahoo, MicroHoo, Jobs, Careers, Career Development

In this episode John Federico, Steve Hatch and Ken Gellman discuss: Amazon buys Audible for $300 million Amazon not only gets publisher relationships, but also Audible s proprietary DRM - that plays on the iPod - and a relationship with iTunes for audiobook content. This will be interesting watch. Steve s very excited about being a part of the Amazon family. John and Ken want to know if Amazon will keep the AudibleListener subscription business intact and use it to promote the Kindle. Microsoft makes an unsolicited bid for Yahoo priced at somewhere near $44 billion dollars. Ken asks, What problem does this solve for either company? John wonders how they re going to integrate the two companies duplicative properties. Steve thinks it s a great thing for Google - while Microsoft and Yahoo become distracted trying to figure out how to integrate the two companies, Google will continue to execute on its strategy of world domination. Ken asks, What will be Microsoft and Yahoo s combined HedgeHog Concept? If the acquisition happens, is someone going to write The Peanut Butter and Jelly Memo? Our music is Democracy from Alexander Blu. Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263. You can also find us on FaceBook - visit us and become a fan. Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we d really appreciate it. For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com. If you weren t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minute usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.) Technorati Tags: Online Advertising, Advertising, John Federico, Ken Gellman, Chia-Lin Simmons, Steve Hatch, Wine, Digital Media, On Digital Media, Podcast, Podcasting, Digital Audio, Downloads, Media, Google, Audible, Apple, Acquisitions, Alexander Blu, iTunes, Microsoft, Yahoo, MicroHoo, Hedgehog Concept, Peanut Butter Memo, Jobs, Careers, Career Development