Surprise: chief executives out at Podtech, Technorati

Surprise: chief executives out at Podtech, Technorati

The chief executives of PodTech, a tech-news company, and Technorati, a blog search engine, separately announced their departures today — neither move is unexpected from these formerly high-flying companies

Both launched a couple of years ago, when the promise of podcasting and blogging were exciting but… Continue Reading

Podtech takes on more debt — but must decide whether fish or fowl

Podtech takes on more debt — but must decide whether fish or fowl

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Plenty is being written about the woes of podcast company Podtech.

Now the company tells us it is taking on more debt, and will be making an announcement soon. This follows a recent $2 million round of fresh capital reported last week.

Podtech, a San Mateo,… Continue Reading

Two more video companies: National Banana, RockinCat

Two more video companies: National Banana, RockinCat

Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists continue to pump money into new video companies, even though there are hundreds, if not thousands, of video sites already out there.

The latest include National Banana, a site that produces serial comedy videos, and RockinCat, music videos from the Sunset Strip.

National… Continue Reading