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On Saturday November 24th beginning at 12noon ET, some of your favorite podcasters will come together to support the Sandy relief effort with 24 hours of entertainment.
You’ll hear from Ben Glieb of ‘Last Week on Earth’, Mike Zapcic & Ming Chen from “I Sell Comics”, Greg Proops of “The Smartest Man in the World”, Kelly Carlin from “Waking from the American Dream”…just to name a few!
The funds raised through this event will be donated to two great organizations helping those affected by the hurricane: Staten Strong and the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund.
To learn more and to donate, please visit the 24 Hour Podcast for Hurricane Sandy site.
So whether you are out shopping, at home heating up leftover, you can tune in LIVE on Stitcher all day Saturday!
Thanks to TritonDigital for donating bandwidth for the broadcast.
Be sure to follow the event on Twitter at @24HourPod4Sandy for updates and more info.
Thank you in advance for all your support!
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Stitcher is excited to be working with the Earwolf Podcast Network to bring some of podcasting’s most popular programming to Stitcher listeners. You can now hear Earwolf’s full line up of shows, including Comedy Bang Bang, Sklarbro Country, How Did This Get Made? and Who Charted? on Stitcher.
To check out all of the Earwolf shows, search ‘Earwolf’ or go to the Earwolf Source listing on Stitcher.
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
How Did this Get Made?
Sklarbro Country
Who Charted?
Welcome to Earwolf, and happy listening to you!
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Wherever you are tonight, you can stay up to date with Stitcher’s live election coverage, bringing you expert commentary, special reports from campaign headquarters, and the results as they roll in.
Tune in for Decision 2012 24/7 coverage:
CBS Radio News: Live, continuous election night coverage from the full CBS Radio News Team.
C-SPAN Radio: Covering Washington like no other. Broadcasting election night activities and results throughout the evening.
Fox News Talk: Special Election programming from the FOX News team. Night-long coverage.
NPR – 24 Hour Program Stream: Full coverage of the presidential election along with the latest news about key statewide contests.
PRI Public Radio International: Covering the U.S. election from BBC headquarters in London for a global view of the race and the results.
Democracy Now! Special Live Election Night Coverage: Interviews with journalists, scholars and activists, while bringing you the most up-to-date information as polls close across the country.
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Today we’re excited to launch our fully featured web app, a completely redesigned version of Stitcher built on HTML5 and optimized for your favorite browser. The web app will sync with the mobile app and pulls in all your custom stations, so you can seamlessly pick up where you left off listening wherever you are.
The totally redesigned Stitcher web experience includes:
• Smart Discovery. Discover new shows you like based on your listening activity. The Smart Station draws from more than 10,000 shows and fine-tunes personalized recommendations.
• On-demand listening. Get breaking news and your favorite episodes from Stitcher’s catalogue of more than 10,000 shows without the need to download or sync. You’ll always be up to date with the latest episodes and trending stories.
• Customized stations. Log in and instantly access where you left off listening.
• Facebook sharing. Discover what your friends are listening to, or share your favorite shows by connecting your Facebook account.
The Stitcher Web App can be accessed by visiting Stitcher.com/webapp. It’s still in beta, so please keep the feedback coming as we make improvements and add more features.
Happy Listening!
The Stitcher Team
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The finalists for the first annual Stitcher Awards have just been announced! The Stitcher Awards recognizes best-of-the-best in on demand radio and podcasts for 2012. Six finalists were selected in each of the 20 different categories, based on over 55,000 votes. Starting today and running through November 5th, you’ll have the final say in who will be recognized for the best of 2012. Winners will be announced in December at the first annual Stitcher Awards ceremony, to be held in San Francisco.
NPR leads the nominations and other finalists include CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NPR, KCRW, BBC Radio and the Wall Street Journal. A full list of the nominees is available here and includes:
Best Comedy
Smodcast
The Adam Carolla Show
The Joe Rogan Experience
The Nerdist
WTF with Marc Maron
Your Mom’s House
Best News & Politics
APM: Marketplace
BBC Global News
Best of the Left
Fox News Radio
MSNBC Rachel Maddow
WSJ This Morning
Best Sports Commentary
CBSSports.com Fantasy Football
Locked on Jazz
The Best Soccer Show
The Dave Dameshek Football Program
The Steve Matthes Show
Wrestling Soup
Most original journalism
99% Invisible
Democracy Now
Freakonomics
On the Media
This American Life
WNYC’s Radiolab
Best New Show
CNN Radio Soundwaves
Girl on Guy with Aisha Tyler
Mohr Stories
PodCRASH
The Brian and Jill Show
The Daily Kos
Go to the Stitcher Awards page to check out the top shows and cast your vote. Remember you can vote once a day. May the best show win!
Happy Voting,
The Stitcher Team
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Today we launch the first annual Stitcher Awards to seek out the best and brightest of on demand radio and podcasts for 2012. Listeners can nominate their favorite shows across 20 different categories – from Best Comedy to Best New Show. Stitcher has over 10,000 different shows streaming on demand and we’re excited to let our listeners help determine the best programming of 2012. It’s been an amazing year for us and we’re excited about the opportunity to recognize all of the great, creative work being done in on demand radio.
Nominations will be open until October 19th. Fans can nominate their shows everyday for the next two weeks. We’ll announce the finalists shortly afterwards for each category and announce the winners live in San Francisco during the 2012 Stitcher Awards show!
Get started here: http://stitcher.promotw.com
Happy Voting!
The Stitcher Team
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Stitcher listeners can now seamlessly access and discover the best of over 10,000 shows anywhere, regardless of cellular or WiFi connectivity. A recent survey of Stitcher listeners found that the ability to listen offline is critical on the go, with 38 percent of listeners indicating they will listen in the car, 23 percent when flying and 15 percent when traveling abroad.
Worried about apps eating into your mobile data plan? Our survey found that that 38 percent of Stitcher listeners prefer offline listening to protect against potential mobile data overages. Fear not Stitcher fans, streaming audio is lightweight. More insights from our survey:
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Stitcher listeners rejoice, you can now listen to your favorite shows anywhere in offline mode! Seamlessly access and discover the best of over 10,000 shows at work, the gym, on the plane, anywhere, regardless of cellular or WiFi connectivity. The update is now available for iPhone and iPad devices and brings several new features and key improvements, including:
New! Offline Mode – Listen to your shows anywhere in offline mode, our most requested feature. Stitcher automatically updates in the background when you open the app, so you’re always up to date. Set Stitcher to update via WiFi only to conserve your cellular data. Worried about space? Stitcher always displays the amount of storage used, and you can delete saved shows with one tap.
New! Comments – See what other people are saying about your favorite episodes and join the conversation.
Easier Sharing to Facebook – Keep the sharing alive with pre-populated show descriptions, sources and a bigger comment box.
Improved Search – It’s even easier to search for past episodes on iPad.
Improved AirPlay and connected device integration – Stitcher will always pass show information to iPod/iPhone compatible devices and AirPlay.
Key usability improvements and crash fixes – Stitcher is more reliable and intuitive, with improvements to make searching and playing shows even easier.
Grab the latest update for iPhone and iPad from the Apple App Store to start listening anywhere.
Happy Listening,
The Stitcher Team
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