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Video Interview With Greg Cangialosi Author of The Business Podcasting Book

I got a chance to chat with Greg "The Trend Junkie" Cangialosi, CEO and President of Blue Sky Factory, today regarding his new book "The Business Podcasting Book." The book is a great guide for any corporate executive or other party interested in better understanding podcasting. Greg and I chatted about a number of topics related to podcasting and social media which ranged from discussing our podcasting pal Gary Vaynerchuk who has been changing the wine world to a quick getting "how to get started with podcasting" step-by-step.   

ffwd Social Video Discovery Site

ffwd or "fast forward," a San Francisco-based startup formerly known as "Vadver," recently launched into private beta looking to offer users a discovery mechanism for online videos. ffwd is the brainchild Patrick Koppula, former COO of music recommendations site iLike. I got a chance to take a closer look at the private beta and provided some analysis. 

MeeVee Personalized TV Via Amazon

MeeVee, a Silicon Valley-based personalized TV startup, has recently announced a partnership with Amazon to offer TV content via their Unboxed Video Previewer widget. The MeeVee product offers a personalized TV listings and video content. With its sites set on being the a personalized Joost-like product without having to install any software MeeVee will now be leveraging Amazon's widget distribution channel. Amazon widgets can be found at: http://widgets.amazon.com.