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For http://pop17.com. From Wikipedia: Leo
Gordon Laporte (born November 29, 1956 in New
York City, New York)[1] is an American
technology broadcaster and author. A native
of Providence, RI, he now lives in Petaluma,
California with his second wife Jennifer and
two children, Henry and Abby. Laporte
currently owns and operates a netcast
network, TWiT.tv. The name is derived from
the network's award winning, flagship podcast
This WEEK in TECH, or TWiT, which is hosted
by Laporte along with a rotating panel of
guests usually made up of several other
former TechTV employees. This show remains
one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes
and other podcast subscription services, as
evidenced by winning an award at the November
2005 Podcasting Expo in California for the
year's best podcast and by its over 280,000
weekly downloads.
Laporte prefers to call his shows "netcasts,"
saying "I've never liked the word podcast. It
causes confusion ... people have told me that
they can't listen to my shows because they
'don't own an iPod' ... I propose the word
'netcast.' It's a little clearer that these
are broadcasts over the Internet. It's catchy
and even kind of a pun."[14] With the
addition of TWiT.tv's live video feed, the
shows are no longer audio-only.
Some of his other "netcasts" include Security
Now! with Steve Gibson, MacBreak and MacBreak
Weekly, both hosted in a fashion similar to
TWiT, The Daily Giz Wiz with Dick DeBartolo,
Munchcast with Cammy Blackstone, Windows
Weekly with Paul Thurrott, FLOSS Weekly,
net@nite with Amber MacArthur, and Roz Rows
The Pacific (launched June 3, 2008)."
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