US webcasters will face sharp rises in royalty fees that could be "fatal" to the nascent industry, a coalition of web broadcasters has claimed.
Note: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6562823.stm
Creating a twenty-first-century city is not so much a question of technology as it is of jobs, dollars and quality of life. A community's plan to reinvent itself for the new, knowledge-based economy and society therefore requires educating all its citizens about this new global revolution in the nature of work. To succeed, cities must prepare their citizens to take ownership of their communities and educate the next generation of leaders and workers to meet the new global challenges of what is now being termed the "Creative Economy."
Note: By John Eger
Feb 17, 2006
"...the BBC News website is speaking to people whose creativity has been transformed in the digital age."
From blogging to podcasting, millions of ordinary people are becoming writers, journalists, broadcasters and film-makers thanks to increasingly affordable and accessible tools.
Note: By Darren Waters
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/4626445.stm
ipodder.org, a site that can bring you up to speed on the topic and point you in the right direction of the correct software for your computer. It even has quite a healthy directory of programmes and subjects of interest. As does rival directory podcast.net.