BBC News has begun a 12-month trial, under which it is making available free video podcasts based on its flagship "Ten O'Clock News" and "Newsnight" programs. It is currently offering three separate video podcasts at http://www.bbc.co.uk/newspodcasts.

The International Herald Tribune has launched a service that lets people create a personalised news podcast.
Visitors to IHT.com can select stories they would like to hear on the spot, or download articles to create a personalized audio feed that can be imported into iTunes or other podcasting software

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has recorded a podcast for his local paper, The Northern Echo. Blair recorded a special message for the paper serving his constituency of Sedgefield to mark the launch of the paper's new podcasting site.

America Online, Inc. has launched a podcast search engine powered by TVEyes, Inc., which will be integrated into the main AOL Search.

Get the Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 premiere podcast courtesy of The Sun.

USATODAY.com, a leading news and information Web site, announces the launch of "Talking Tech," a weekly video podcast hosted by USA TODAY personal technology columnists Ed Baig and Jefferson Graham

Eddie Izzard is to present Downing Street's first podcast, with Blair playing his usual role as the straight man.

Not to be left out The Daily Mirror have followed The Times and The Guardian by offering their own World Cup podcast.

Ricky Gervais' comedy podcasts will be available from the Daily Mirror's website thanks to a joint venture between with audio books download company Audible.

UK media company Chrysalis Radio is planning to launch a podcast production service to create tailored programs for its clients. Chrysalis Content will build on existing podcasts from clients including Honda and AOL and create content such as city travel guides and target fields like fashion and beauty.

Not to be outdone by The Times, The Guardian have launched their own World Cup Podcast.

23,000 listeners have downloaded The Times first World Cup podcast created by Baddiel and Skinner.

Harvard Business School Publishing announced it has launched HBR IdeaCast, a biweekly podcast that will feature business issues, management ideas and other commentary from the editors and authors at Harvard Business School Publishing.

This week's podcast from Stuff magazine's debates the merits of watching TV on your laptop or PSP using Sony's Location Free TV or the Slingbox.

first direct podcast series has been launched today offering financial advice on a range of issues. The first direct podcast series will be available to download as an audio file; the first podcast will go live in June and will concern the security of online banking.

Baddiel & Skinner will bemaking available 10 World Cup Podcasts they completely free. The duo will be in every stadium for every major game, soaking up every drop of atmosphere, for all six weeks of the tournament... lucky bastards.

Two of the hottest topics this year are the World Cup and Podcasts so it should come as no suprise that there are plenty of World Cup Podcasts. The Sunday Times has a look at some of them.

The weekly podcast from Stuff magazine contains details of Nike’s collaboration with Apple as well as a review the Nokia N91 hard-drive music phone.

Podcastingnews.com has a useful list of the top Tech podcasts.

The Telegraph have a podcast of an interview with The Feeling and a preview of track from their new album- Twelve Stop and Home.

CNET has added 4 new podcasts to its Podcast Central section. Those include Gadget Girls, a discussion on tech's influence on pop-culture and gadget reviews; Studio C, an MTV Unplugged, of sorts, with interviews and performances; MP3 Insider talks of digital music, video, hardware and software news; and The Real Deal boils tech talk into palatable bits of information.

If you are fan of computer and video games then you should check out the following gaming podcats from 1UP.com and IGN.

Anyone with a few pieces of technology and broadband can create their own channel, pump out content around the world, and join the ranks of the new media moguls. Here are the steps:

Step 1: Produce It
Step 2: Post It
Step 3: Deliver It

The Podcast Ready by myPodder makes it easy to keep your podcast subscriptions up to date.

The Telegraph has redesigned it's website and added a daily podcast, hosted by Guy Ruddle, featuring many of their best-known columnists, correspondents and feature writers.

The Observer have a food podcast by Giorgio Locatelli who cooks some of his favourite recipes in his own kitchen at home.

Sony is preparing to launch a service that will allow PlayStation Portable (PSP) users to watch live television, play back recorded programmes and set up recordings through their home TV tuners. The upgrade also adds support for Flash website content and podcast streaming, as well as allowing additional music file formats to be played on the console.

Ad Age has reported that Apple are considering including ads in iTunes. Visual ads may be connected to podcasts, perhaps furnishing podcast producers with a revenue stream.

The Mirror has released a podcast interview with Tom Jones in which he discusses his life, his music and, of course, his new single - Stoned In Love.

The Motley Fool has a good look at podcasts and suggests a number of ways in which they may be monetized in the future including:

- sponsorship
- audio spots
- subscription

Jamie Oliver is to launch a podcast which will be give answers, tips, recommendations and advice on a whole manner of culinary and kitchen related issues.

The number of podcasts managed by FeedBurner, a news feed service provider, now exceeds the total number of radio stations in the entire world, according to Rick Klau, FeedBurner's VP of Business Development.

Specialist podcast producers Daisy Media have teamed up with Capital Gold radio presenter Alex Belfield to launch a series of free celebrity audio interviews. The first podcasts include interviews with Jordan, Katie Melua and Piers Morgan.

Engadget is one of the best tech blogs around and their podcasts are required listening for gadget freaks everywhere.

David Bowie is never one to miss a bandwagon and he is on the ball again with podcasting. His first podcast is an interview with one of his favourite new bands The Secret Machines.

The Times has a weekly podcast dedicated to the UK music scene. Recent podcasts have covered The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Embrace, Orson and Graham Coxon.

Money Talk is a weekly podcast hosted by David Kuo. David has been writing investing articles for the Fool since the summer of 2000 and also makes regular radio appearances, usually on BBC London. David is joined by a variety of guests, including Richard Cartmell, the humble lynchpin of the Fool's marketing team, and Ed Bowsher, our newest investment writer.

The Sun is getting in on the podcasting bandwagon with their Bizarre podcast which contains all the latest celebrity news and gossip.

BBC Radio 2 veteran broadcaster Terry Wogan is launching his first podcast. Listeners will be able to download highlights of Wake Up To Wogan, the UK's most popular breakfast show.

A survey by research firm BMRB found that nearly eight million Britons will go in search of a podcast in the next six months.

Podzinger takes the audio content of podcasts and translates it to text so that you can then search the podcast for a particular word of phrase. It seems to work pretty well, I did a search for "Lindsay Lohan" and was presented with results such a Podcaster Entertainment News which included a feature on the actress.

Sky News is offering a podcast that will let office workers catch up on the latest headlines during their commute home. The BBC is offering also offering a podcast featuring highlights from that week's Newsnight

The Guardian is leading the way with podcasts, currently they have Newsdesk, Mediatalk, Science weekly, Westminster Weekly and Prime Minister's Questions.

Cadburys are launching online talent show podcast for Cadbury Creme Egg. Consumers are invited to submit original audio performances to be showcased on the podcast, which is hosted by TV celebrity Kate Thornton.

Podcasting is big news these days with current estimates putting the audience of users regulary downloading podcasts at 9 million. Episodes of The Ricky Gervais Show generated 250,000 downloads per week from Apple's iTunes music store. However according to Reuters despite all this interest record companies are still not happy to allow any digital distribution of their content via podcasting.