Press Release: The Stage joins The Podcast Network for daily Edinburgh Festival Fringe coverage

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The Stage joins The Podcast Network for daily Edinburgh Festival Fringe coverage

Edinburgh and London, 31 July 2006 – The Stage, the UK’s trade publication for the entertainment world has partnered with The Podcast Network to bring the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to hundreds of thousands of listeners around the world.

The BAFTA nominated Edinburgh Fringe Podcast will be freely available to anyone with an internet connection. New editions of the show will be available to listen to on both The Stage’s and The Podcast Network’s websites and also by saving the MP3 file to your computer, subscribing to the show via iTunes, or adding it to any Podcast downloading application.

“Podcasting has the ability to reach out to people with very specific interests, something that The Stage has been doing for the performing arts community since 1880,” points out Scott Matthewman, Assistant Editor of The Stage. “The daily podcast is the perfect complement to our print and web coverage of this year’s fringe, and we’re delighted that we’ve been able to team up with the specialists at The Podcast Network for our first venture into this field.”

“Last year, the Edinburgh Fringe Podcast reached around the world, bringing the largest arts festival to audiences far in excess of any single stage in Scotland’s capital city,” points out Ewan Spence, Executive Producer at The Podcast Network. “I’m over the moon that The Stage has come on board with the Podcast. The Stage has a long tradition of being the bible for the performing arts world in the UK. With their support, the show will be able to feature more guests, news, interviews and content from around Edinburgh.”

The Podcast Network itself has been at the forefront of commercial Podcasting since February 2005 and has almost seventy shows, all freely available, covering a wide range of topics and genres, including technology news, sports, the arts, death and Napoleon Bonaparte.

The Stage has been publishing its weekly newspaper serving the entertainment industry continuously since 1880. Following a successful relaunch of the paper and website earlier this year, the company is producing a free Essential Guide to the Fringe, available in venues all over Edinburgh.

For more details, contact:

Ewan Spence, The Podcast Network
Telephone: +44 (0) 7966 152772
Email: ewan@thepodcastnetwork.com
Web: http://edinburghfringe.thepodcastnetwork.com/

Scott Matthewman, The Stage
Telephone +44 (20) 7403 1818 x750
Email: scott@thestage.co.uk

Web: http://www.thestage.co.uk/

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