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Scott Bourne is the publisher of OnlineMediaTips.com. He is the president of Podango Productions and is a pioneer in the digital audio field. He was one of the first to use streaming media on the Internet as the founder of Netradio, the world’s first Internet radio network.
A specialist in the use of Internet business and marketing applications, Bourne has advised Internet start-ups and established corporations in the use of Internet technology.
He was the co-host and producer of one of the first Internet radio news programs in North America, InfoBahn News broadcast on KWJZ in Minneapolis. Bourne also was the producer of LifeOnline Radio, a weekly nationally-syndicated radio program about the Internet.
Bourne’s work with NetRadio and other Internet ventures has been featured in “Wired Magazine,” “USA Today,” “U.S. News & World Report,” “Internet World Magazine,” “Information Age,” “Forbes,” “Radio & Production” magazine and 200 other national and international publications. He was recognized by “Websight Magazine” as one of the 100 most influential and important people on the Web in 1995 and 1996.
Bourne has appeared on national television and radio news shows and has been a contributor to numerous publications including “Minnesota Corporate Report”, “Washington CEO,” “PhotoSource,” “NetGuide” magazine, “InfoNation” magazine, “CMP TechWeb,” and “MacDev Center.”
Bourne started his radio career in Indianapolis. In 1972 he received an FCC Class III (THIRD CLASS PHONE) with Broadcast Endorsement and began working at WNAP. He went on to work as a news writer, traffic reporter DJ and production coordinator at radio stations in Arkansas, Indiana, California and Idaho. Bourne also holds the Radio Advertising Bureau designation: Certified Radio Marketing Consultant.
Bourne later started 30:60 Productions, a radio production company. He went on to experiment with transmitting audio files over the Internet before the Word Wide Web existed. With the advent of the Web, RSS and podcasting, Bourne combined his background in radio and his interest in photography to develop one of the most popular technology podcasts, the iLifeZone. Bourne is also a co-host on the Apple Phone Show with Chris Breen and Andy Ihnatko as well as MacBreakWeekly with Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay and Merlin Mann and GearMediaTech with Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay.
Bourne is a graduate of the Columbia School of Broadcasting, Indiana University and the New York Institute of Photography.
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Scott Bourne is an author, lecturer, teacher and new media pioneer, and the president of Podango Productions in San Francisco, CA. He is the founder of the world's first Internet-only radio network, Netradio, and is a co-host on several prominent podcasts including MacBreak Weekly, Apple Phone Show, the iLifeZone and GMT. Bourne has also been a featured speaker at events such as Macworld Expo and the Podcast & Portable Media Expo.