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Media Expert David Lawrence Launches Podango Podcast Station, TheLatest.AT

Posted on: Tuesday, 20 February 2007, 15:00 CST

Podango, a Web 2.0 company that integrates the rich conversations of the blogging community with the value of audio and video podcasting, has just announced the launch of their newest podcast station, TheLatest.AT. The first podcasts are available today from http://www.thelatest.at.

The new station reports on the latest breaking news and top stories from the most popular websites including Amazon, eBay and YouTube with one minute daily podcasts. The one minute summary podcasts, created by media expert, David Lawrence, are condensed from daily blog postings which track the most up-to-date events on each site.

"The days of giving sixty or ninety minutes of your time to someone to get the news on your favorite websites is over. People crave more info in less time - they want efficient, fast paced, exuberant reporting from a fan perspective. Whether you're into YouTube, MySpace, PerezHilton or the goings on at Hollywood and Vine, we're going to give you The Latest At those sites, every weekday," explained Lawrence.

TheLatest.AT currently tracks the most popular Search, Social Networking, Video, News, Games and Entertainment sites. Listeners can choose from any and all of these sites for daily coverage, delivered to them automatically:

Yahoo

MySpace

YouTube

Amazon

PerezHilton

Hollywood and Vine

Ebay

FaceBook

Second Life

"We are very excited about this new station," said Douglas G. Smith, president, Podango. "We have been working hard to create a thrilling experience that listeners will be eager to join. Listeners want relevant, timely and concise information that excites, entertains, and challenges them. That's what we're providing, sixty seconds at a time, with all of the podcasts at TheLatest.AT. This is a great way to stay connected with what is happening with your favorite site and if you want to know more, more in depth blog posts are one click away."

About David Lawrence

Media expert David Lawrence is heard nightly as the wacky, eclectic and highly opinionated host of The David Lawrence Show, and weekend Online Tonight, both nationally syndicated radio talk shows that revolves around pop culture and the high-tech lifestyle.

The Emmy-award winning and Clio-nominated Lawrence is deeply rooted in the music industry as well and also anchors The Net Music Countdown. Syndicated on over 125 radio stations in partnership with United Stations, the shows countdown the hottest hits on the Internet. The show is based on in-house research, and those charts are licensed as their eTracks Charts by AllAccess.com, for which Lawrence edits the weekly Internet/Digital Music tracking. The NMC eTracks Charts are widely considered the official music charts of the Internet.

Both shows sport their own podcasts, and Lawrence counts over 50 Fortune 500 and private companies as podcasting clients.

You can reach David at david@onlinetonight.com or at http://onlinetonight.com.

About Podango.com

Podango, a Web 2.0 company, enables rich community conversations by integrating the "live conversations" of blogging and community forums with the rich communication value of audio and video podcasts to create a complete online and offline experience. The company provides a complete platform that allows the creation of podcast stations, independently owned and run by Station Directors who act as guides, to bring together the best podcasts in their focused area of interest and interact and converse with their subscribers. Each station distributes multiple podcasts and includes community interaction tools to enable an enhanced community conversation. In addition, the listener can tailor the information they subscribe to, via a custom RSS feed, to participate in the information most relevant to them. For more information, visit www.podango.com or email info@podango.com.

Source: Business Wire

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