"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #14: How to write pronouncers; Latino USA’s Chuy problem; Victory against patent trolls; No fair use on SoundCloud
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Pointers on writing pronouncers to keep hosts happy, and a major victory against a patent troll.
Quick Takes
Patent office knocks down key claims against podcasters
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office dealt a legal blow Friday to Personal Audio LLC, the patent-holding company that claims to have invented podcasting technology.
Quick Takes
Tuesday roundup: Alex Blumberg records his start-up; Personal Audio prepares for trial
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Plus: PBS is added to Amazon Fire TV, and NPR’s Bob Boilen shares concert tips.
Tech
Carolla settlement with Personal Audio averts trial for podcast patent case
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The company says it no longer intends to sue podcasters who make only “modest amounts of money” from the technology.
Quick Takes
Wednesday roundup: Carolla settles podcast lawsuit; PBS Hawaii receives $2M grant
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Plus: Frankenstein M.D. launches, and the difficulties of regulating Elmos in Times Square.
Quick Takes
Thursday roundup: NPR responds to Greenwald; Sex in the Wild charms columnist
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Plus: The legal fight over podcasting takes an odd turn, and Kai Ryssdal takes the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: Barzyk unveils pet project; Senate drops patent-reform bill
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Plus: Sesame Street and the Great Society, and PRX looks at the technical side of distributing WFMT shows.
Quick Takes
Thursday roundup: Utah station threatened by CPB grant rules; Public Radio Capital rebrands
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Plus: PBS virtually recreates D-Day, and the latest on the fight over podcasting patents.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: NewsHour launches new website; podcasting patent fight continues
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• PBS NewsHour unveiled a redesigned website Thursday, featuring responsive design, new navigation menus and an expanded digital editorial presence. The new site combines stories from the program’s weekday and weekend editions, as Current reported in July 2013. “This new site is designed to meet the demands of an expanding and more involved audience,” NewsHour Creative Director Travis Daub wrote in an introductory post, adding that the redesign is the most expansive in the website’s 18-year history. • Pittsburgh Public Media has applied to the FCC for permission to boost the wattage of WYZR-FM, the jazz station it launched in August 2013. The proposed boost to 10,000 watts still would not get WYZR into Pittsburgh from its location in Bethany, W.Va., PPM President Chuck Leavens told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
System/Policy
Podcast lawsuits provoke pubmedia attention, presidential action
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A brewing legal fight initiated by Personal Audio, a Texas-based company that claims to have invented podcasting technology, has entered a new policy arena.