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Mainstreaming podcasts: First the Queen. Now Blair
First the Queen podcasted her Christmas message, and now Tony Blair appears on a podcast interview with actor Stephen Fry. The State of the Union address and the Democrats' response are both available (for free) in iTunes. And presidential hopeful John Edwards even has his own widget.
Politics as usual have changed, and the medium for its delivery is moving with the times. In a kind of humorous aside, that doesn't mean Mr. Blair has moved with it. Unlike his colleagues, his famous "red box" does not contain a laptop--instead, he says he plans to learn about computers after leaving Number Ten. TUAW recommends the MacBook Pro.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Roberto said 3:25PM on 2-09-2007
First was Hugo Chavez, even though it's alll WMA.
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aj said 3:44PM on 2-09-2007
Shouldn't the past tense of podcast also be "podcast"? The usage for "broadcast" and just "cast" in general, suggests it.
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Daniel said 5:15PM on 2-09-2007
Hey, you should check out The Prime Minister of Canada's Podcast now that is pure entertainment...
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Sovok said 5:59PM on 2-09-2007
The first podcast by any leading politician was the one from germanys chancellor Angela Merkel, starting June 8th 2006: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=159916569
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Christine Downing said 8:26AM on 2-10-2007
Stephen Fry is a real Mac disciple and never misses a chance to wax lyrical on the subject of Apple.
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