Media “Wizzard” - FOX Business TV
Chris Spencer, Wizzard ceo discusses Wizzard’s Publishing Platform for Podcasters on Fox Business
July 8, 2008
MediaPost.com - Online Media Daily
Spike TV Signs Podcast Deal With Wizzard Media (Log-in Required)
ClickZ.com - Execs & Accounts
Cynopsis.com - Digital Advertising News
TVWeek.com - Spike, Wizzard Team for ‘Factory’ Podcast
July 2, 2008
Investors.com - The Audience Is Listening, But To What?
A Discussion about how and why advertising in Podcasts works.
Investors.com - Lend Me Your Ears: Advertisers Begin To Target Podcasts
A look at the present state and forecasted growth of advertising in Podcasts.
April 30, 2008
Pop City Features Wizzard
Pittsburgh’s Wizzard Puts Podcast Network on YouTube - April 2, 2008
April 29, 2008
Chris Spencer Interviewed by Blogger and Podcaster Magazine
10 Questions with Chris Spencer, Blogger and Podcaster Magazine, January/February 2008.
April 28, 2008
Wizzard News Update
Fox Business Headlines - April 2008
Wizzard Media Partners with CJM Productions to Distribute TV’s Inside Music Row
Wizzard Media Signs Global Content Distribution Agreement with eLatinoWeekly.Com
Wizzard Media Teams with Fishman Productions to Distribute Film and Television Content
Wizzard Media Senior V.P. of Content Development Addressing Mobile Entertainment at 2008 NAB Show
March 28, 2008
Wizzard News Update
Interview with Chris Spencer, Digital Podcast, Feb 20, 2008.
February 8, 2008
Podcasting News Interviews Wizzard CEO
Special thanks to Elisabeth McLaury Lewin over at www.podcastingnews.com, who just published an insightful interview with Wizzard CEO Chris Spencer.
Wizzard CEO: Podcast Downloads Will Jump 50-80% In 2008
February 8th, 2008
There’s been a lot of discussion lately in the world of new media about the future of podcasting - people wondering what the current state of podcasting is and where it’s going.
eMarketer forecasts that the audience for podcast consumption will double in the next two years, but even that relatively rosy forecast is disappointing to some.
We recently talked to Chris Spencer, CEO of podcasting hosting mega-network Wizzard Media, to get his perspective on podcasting and its future.
January 16, 2008
Wizzard News Update
Wizzard Media: 1 Billion Downloads in 2007, Podcasting Far from Dead - ReadWriteWeb, 1/9/08
More stories on this topic:
One Billion Downloads in 2007 - Paul Colligan - 1/9/08
Wizzard Media Passed Out 1 Billion Podcasts In 2007 - WebProNews, 1/10/08
1 Billion Podcast Requests - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 1/11/08
Wizzard Media Distributes One Billion Downloads - MediaPost, 1/11/08
More News
Wizzard Media Enables Podcasting Advertising - Hawthorne Interactive Report - Video, 1/9/08
January 2, 2008
Wizzard News Update
Wizzard To Offer ‘Dynamic’ Ad Insertion For Podcasts, New ‘Dashboard’ On Horizon - January 2, 2008
December 27, 2007
Wizzard News Update
“Writer’s Strike”, Christian Science Monitor - December 3, 2007
AOL Money Names Wizzard as a Top 100 Stock Pick for 2008 - December, 2007
Mashable’s 2008 Predictions - December 22, 2007
November 12, 2007
Wizzard CEO Chris Spencer Featured on MSNBC
October 31, 2007
Wizzard In The News
Wizzard To Use Nielsen Data To Verify Podcasts - Media Post Daily
Wizzard got most for its money with CEO Spencer - Pittsburgh Business Times
Oakland Software Company Trades Up for New Exchange - Pittsburgh Business Times
Wizzard Creates Internet TV Channel - Pittsburgh Tribune Review
August 25, 2007
Quincy & Wizzard Media in the Press
It’s been a great month for Wizzard Media and the Quincy Jones podcast! Not only did the Quincy show reach the top 50 Music podcasts in iTunes in the first week of its release, but the press has taken quite an interest in the music legend’s entrance into digital media.
Jones Uses Video Podcast to Stay Fresh - Hollywood Reporter, 8/1/07
Jones Debuts Video Podcast - Billboard, 8/1/07
Quincy Jones on the Shifting Digital Media Business - Business 2.0, 8/1/07
Quincy Jones Doing Video Podcast - CNet, 8/14/07
August 22, 2007
Wizzard Featured in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
We’d like to send Kim Lyons our thanks and appreciation for a great story she recently wrote on Wizzard for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. You can read the entire story here.
July 30, 2007
Wizzard Media creating quite a stir!
It has been an exciting few weeks for Wizzard! First of all, we are thrilled to be joining the Association for Downloadable Media. This is a great opportunity for Wizzard to help shape the world of podcast advertising.
Also, our recent news on Survival Spanish was picked up by Forbes and CNN Money!
And we want to send a shout-out to Heather Green at Business Week, who recently mentioned Wizzard in her blog.
July 9, 2007
Pittsburgh Press Takes Notice of Wizzard
We want to give a shout-out to reporter Corilyn Shropshire from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, who has followed Wizzard Software for many years and just covered Wizzard again in a recent story on successful tech firms. Read her article on Wizzard here.
Also, big thanks to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and reporter Rick Stouffer, who is also keeping up with Wizzard’s successes and wrote a great story on Wizzard’s ride to the top of the podcasting world. You can read Rick’s article here.
June 26, 2007
Flordia Trend Magazine Profiles Switchpod Co-Founder
Florida Trend, one of America’s most award-winning business publications, recently profiled Switchpod Co-Founder Weina Scott for a story on Florida up-and-comers. Read the article here.
Wizzard Media Highlighted on MediaPost.Com
Take a look at this great story written by Joe Mandese, Editor for MediaPost.Com, the leading advertising and media Internet portal. MediaPost provides free tools, news, and directories to their more than 50,000 members to assist them in planning and buying traditional and online advertising.
Joe credits Wizzard Media with taking the reigns in the world of keyword advertising in podcasts. Read the entire story here.
June 25, 2007
Jim Else Featured in American Marketing Association Newsletter
Jim Else, Wizzard Media’s Vice President of Sales, was recently featured in a Q&A for the American Marketing Association’s “Marketing Matters Newsletter.”
The American Marketing Association (AMA) is one of the largest professional associations for marketers and its newsletter reaches the AMA’s 38,000 members as well as over 750,000 marketing professionals.
Jim offers some clear-cut answers to the difficult questions surrounding advertising in podcasts. Read the entire Q&A on the AMA website.
May 31, 2007
Citizen Podcaster: David Spencer
Every day, more people around the world are becoming citizen podcasters. People are putting an idea, a microphone and a PC to work - to transport their passions to iPods and computers everywhere.
David Spencer, a 33 year-old father of two, is one of them.
Read more about David here, then download his podcast, Learn Spanish - Survival Guide.
Related Links:
WJZ CBS - Balt. Man Offers Free Spanish Lessons For Download
The Daily Times - Baltimore County man offers free Spanish lessons for download
Baltimore Examiner - Baltimore County man offers free Spanish lessons for download
May 29, 2007
Wizzard Media Mentioned in Advertising Age
Advertising Age Magazine, which reaches 697,000+ advertising, marketing and media professionals, recently mentioned Wizzard Media in a story examining the future of advertising in online video. The story appeared in the May 28 print edition and can be read online here.
May 10, 2007
ABC News Recognizes Switchpod Founders
Congratulations to Jake Fisher and Weina Scott! The co-founders of Switchpod.com were recently recognized in an ABC News special presentation on young entrepeneurs.
May 2, 2007
Follow the Media
Thanks to Michael Hedges at Follow the Media, who recently covered Wizzard’s record-setting downloads and said some nice things about our company. Check it out!
May 1, 2007
John Havens
John Havens, the resident podcasting expert for About.com, is on-board with Wizzard and the future of podcasting. See what he has to say!
Other News
"Wizzard Media Distributes over 70 Million Podcast Downloads in March", Podcasting News, 5/2/07"TSW Seeks MHITD", DIRECT Magazine, Beth Negus, 4/07
"Will Video Kill the Audio Podcasting Star? Not Exactly" Media Shift/KQED.org, Mark Glaser, 3/21/07
"Wizzard Media Acquires Liberated Syndication", Post Gazette, 3/2/07
"Wizzard Creates Podcasting Network", iMedia Connection, 3/1/07
