The potential as well as the rapid early adoption of the podcast has the Internet industry buzzing to the point that some media aficionados are singing the dirges of print and traditional radio. At the forefront of the phenomenon is WebmasterRadioFM, a company that is developing the kind of artificial intelligence capable of spidering mp3 files for indexing. Yes, spiders with ears.

The success of Nielsen’s Local People Meters has driven the biggest player in the radio industry to seek a similar model.

Standard & Poor’s lowered its ratings on General Motors and Ford debts to “junk” status.

Explosion of available content for cellular phones coupled with the youth of many users prompts wireless industry to act.

Toyota has appointed its executive vice president, Katsuaki Watanabe, as its new president.

If News Corp. wants to buy the remaining shares of Fox, it may have to increase its offer in order to get the minority shareholders to go along.

Morningstar now provides Fiduciary Grades on mutual funds. How does Morningstar determine these grades? How can mutual fund investors use these grades to better manage their portfolios?