Sheletta Brundidge could have used TV, blogs, YouTube, books, radio or newspapers. Instead, she chose podcasts. Her mission was to present the stories of black people, and she concluded that podcasts were best way to do it. "Everyone is making podcasts," said Brundidge, a Cottage Grove radio producer who launched seven podcasts on Feb. 1. RELATED: Cottage Grove woman opts for podcasts to equalize black voices in media Podcasts are multiplying in Minnesota, with more than 1,000 listed on the website player.fm . They are among the 850,000 podcasts and 30 million total episodes in the U.S., according to podcastinsights.com . Podcast income is exploding, with advertising revenue increasing four-fold in five years to $679 million, according the website buzzsprout.com . Fans of podcasts say they are flexible and utterly democratic. The barriers to entry are low, and there are no lists of regulations. They can be a few minutes or several hours long. People like Brundid...
As far as Derek Christensen is concerned, there can't be too many Drudge Report alternatives, which is one reason he started his own. The former Army specialist and Afghanistan veteran last month launched Eagle Slant, the latest conservative news-aggregation website to take on Matt Drudge's 23-year-old standard-bearer since it began what critics describe as its leftward drift under President Trump. ...
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