Mark Hunter (podcaster)
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Mark Hunter is a Scottish-based podcaster. He started the tartanpodcast in March 2005 quickly following it with the Sleepy Sunday Show and The Spotlight Show. The tartanpodcast was the first music-based podcast from Scotland
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The summer of 2006 saw him start The Mellow Monday Show for The Podcast Network
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Production of the tartanpodcast, a showcase music podcast
for Scottish indie bands, ended in June 2007 after 110 episodes. Following a one-off episode in October, the tartanpodcast returned as a regular show in February 2008.
Mark tried to keep a down to earth production standard for the tartanpodcast, referring to himself as 'just a guy', living and working in Glasgow
, Scotlandhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4606077.stm.
An article on the BBC Technology site from June 5th 2005http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4606077.stm raised the profile of the tartanpodcast. Several podcasters have since attributed their decisionhttp://blog.tartan.pnohosting.ca/?p=127 to start their own podcast to reading this article.
Mark was approached late in December 2007 and asked to become managing directorhttp://mjhunter.tumblr.com/post/25179074 of new media production company Podcastmatters Ltd http://www.podcastmatters.co.uk/markhunter.html, where he currently works.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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The summer of 2006 saw him start The Mellow Monday Show for The Podcast Network
The Podcast Network
The Podcast Network is a company founded by Cameron Reilly and Mick Stanic. The company launched on 14 February 2005. The company's stated goal is to produce high quality digital programming on a wide variety of niche topics to global audiences and to attempt to re-invent media business models and...
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Production of the tartanpodcast, a showcase music podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
for Scottish indie bands, ended in June 2007 after 110 episodes. Following a one-off episode in October, the tartanpodcast returned as a regular show in February 2008.
Mark tried to keep a down to earth production standard for the tartanpodcast, referring to himself as 'just a guy', living and working in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotlandhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4606077.stm.
An article on the BBC Technology site from June 5th 2005http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4606077.stm raised the profile of the tartanpodcast. Several podcasters have since attributed their decisionhttp://blog.tartan.pnohosting.ca/?p=127 to start their own podcast to reading this article.
Mark was approached late in December 2007 and asked to become managing directorhttp://mjhunter.tumblr.com/post/25179074 of new media production company Podcastmatters Ltd http://www.podcastmatters.co.uk/markhunter.html, where he currently works.