Of the 22 million Americans who own MP3 players, including Apple’s iPod, about 29 percent have downloaded the audio files that make up a podcast.

New evidence that podcasting is gaining steam. First, CNN covered it. Next, Billboard Radio Monitor reports that Loyal Ears …

John Durant was interviewed on the second Office Zealot’s Podcast. Maybe we should start a list of all the Microsoft podcasts over on Channel 9′s Wiki.

Last year, as the word podcast began to spread like wildfire, we took a look at it in several posts here at Threadwatch and despite still thinking that the majority of amateur radio like podcasts suck, i have to confess to being a fan of the medium in many ways.

Dave Winer has a message for advertisers: adapt to the world of podcasting or die…

InternetWeek: PDAs are moving toward irrelevance, a new study by In-Stat released this week says. [...] The devices are entering a stage of serious decline.

Podcasts are making audio blogging a reality for many bloggers. By starting a podcast version of a blog, the blogger is adding independent radio to their already existing personal publishing.

The Boston Globe takes a look at podcasting’s challenges as a new emerging medium.

Editors Note: Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz conducted an interview with General Motors’ Michael Wiley and kindly transcribed the contents for us. The basis for the interview was to discuss the future impact of blogs, RSS feeds, and podcasting (the medium used for the interview).

New proof that podcasting is here to stay – services are popping up to assist podcasters.

Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba – of the Church of the Customer blog and two of my favorite people – have started a podcast.

On its investor conference call tonight, Audible teased some big plans to empower members with social media tools.

BBC News: One in 10 adult Americans – equivalent to 22 million people – owns an MP3 player, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

It’s been interesting reading some of the reactions by business bloggers to General Motors’ first experiment with podcasting last week.

Not only is General Motors still at the leading edge with executive blogging by a Fortune 100 company, with their GM Fastlane Blog, but they’re also out in front in trying out other new communication channels.

Podcasting, the practice of making downloadable broadcasts for the iPod (or other mp3 players), is growing in popularity.

FeedBurner today manages 1,750 podcasts via SmartCast. That is a significant increase from 750 at the end of 2004.

More innovation from General Motors. This time they have launched a podcast on its Fastlane leadership blog.

USA Today ran two articles on podcasting today. One in the Money section focuses on podcasting as a disruptive force that will impact the media and technology industries.

Marketplace Radio interviewed me (Steve Rubel) recently about podcasting and podvertising …

This is very neat – a simple audio-visual guide on how to use iPodder, a program that enables you to manage your podcasts and, optionally, synchronize them with your iPod or other digital player if you have one.