Cameron Reilly

Infobox Person
name = Cameron Reilly

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birth_date = October 10, 1970
birth_place = Bundaberg
death_date =
death_place =
occupation = CEO of The Podcast Network

Cameron Reilly (born October 10, 1970) of Brisbane in Australia is a blogger, podcaster and entrepreneur best known for his co-founding of The Podcast Network, a podcasting business with programming from around the world. Along with his business interests, Reilly is also involved in various facets of the digital media space, including MODM, Melbourne's Online Digital Media forum, and is a frequent commentator on online media issues. Reilly has been called one of the "40 Biggest Players Of Australia’s Digital Age". [cite news|title=0 Biggest Players Of Australia’s Digital Age|format=reprint|url=http://www.bandt.com.au/ by B&T Magazine|publisher=B&T Magazine|date=May 2007]

Early life and education

Cameron was born in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, and attended Kalkie State Primary School and Kepnock State High School in Bundaberg. After school he moved to Melbourne to work.

Corporate career

Reilly’s first ten years in Melbourne involved a variety of jobs, before moving into IT via a business development role at internet service provider OzEmail. In 1998, Reilly was hired by Microsoft Australia to work in their ICU (Internet Customer Unit), developing relationships with Australia’s leading ISPs and dotcoms. He started blogging in 2002 while working at Microsoft. [cite news|title=Another Microsoft Blogger|format= Blog post|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/cameronreilly/|publisher=Microsoft Developer Network|date=2007-06-23|accessdate=2007-07-13] In 2004, after a series of complaints by his manager at Microsoft about his blogging, Reilly resigned from the company. [cite book
title=Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers
date=2006
first= Robert
last=Scoble
coauthors=Israel, Shel
ISBN=0-471-74719-X] ]

The Podcast Network

Having produced Australia’s first podcast ("G'Day World" on November 26 2004), [ [http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2004/11/29/gday-world-podcast-show-1/ TPN :: GDay World » Blog Archive » G’day World Podcast :: Show #1 ] ] Reilly and his G’Day World co-host Mick Stanic also produced the world’s first "Skypecast" by recording individual sides of a Skype call and stitching them together in post-production. G’Day World was one of the first podcasts to have a regular series of guests, which included the first podcasts of notable bloggers such as Robert Scoble, Doc Searls, Om Malik and Buzz Bruggeman.Fact|date=August 2008

Following the early success of G’Day World, Reilly and Stanic launched The Podcast Network on February 14 2005, making it the first known podcasting business in the world.Fact|date=August 2008 In February 6 2006 the first episode of The Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast aired, titled "An Introduction to Napoleon Bonaparte," of which Reilly serves as the co-host along with Napoleonic historian J. David Markham.

In October 2006, Reilly was featured on the front cover of The Bulletin magazine in Australia under the heading "Who Wants To Be A Billionaire". [ [http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=153201 "Who Wants To Be A Billionaire?"] , The Bulletin] In December 2006, The Podcast Network was selected by EContent Magazine as one of their Top 100 "Companies that matter most in the digital content industry". [ [http://econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=18642&Query=cameron%20reilly "Companies that matter most in the digital content industry"] EContent Magazine ] In April 2007, Reilly was named one of the “40 Biggest Players Of Australia’s Digital Age” by B&T Magazine.Fact|date=August 2008

Controversy

Reilly is an avowed atheist, opposed to both the idea of God and the churches that purport to represent God. Reilly contends that any good works of the modern churches are outweighed by dumbing down of society through the "opiate of the masses". [cite news|title=G’DAY WORLD #227 - David Silverman from American Atheists|format= Blog post|url=http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/16/gday-world-227-david-silverman-from-american-atheists/|publisher=Cameron Reilly|date=2007-05-29|accessdate=2007-04-16] In 2007, his passion for atheism led him to start campaign to "Cure a Christian". [ [http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/01/02/gday-world-podcast-179-saddams-execution-cure-a-christian-and-mitch-dennys-ferrari/ "Cure a Christian"] , Podcast Network] Despite his vociferous opposition to religious beliefs, Reilly is a friend and co host of Fr Bob Maguire's Podcast. [cite news|title=The Fr Bob Show on the Podcast Network|format=Blog|url=http://fatherbob.thepodcastnetwork.com/|publisher=The Podcast Network|date=2007|accessdate=2007-07-13]

Reilly's other relationships have also been a source of controversy. His much publicised falling out with Microsoft over his blogging led to his departure from the company. His relationship with The Podcast Network co-founder Mick Stanic broke down early in the start up phase of The Podcast Network and led to Stanic's departure [cite news|title=The future of Mick and my time with The Podcast Network|format= Blog post|url=http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2006/05/the_podcast_net_5.html|publisher=SplaTT's Blog|date=2006-05-19|accessdate=2005-11-30] from both G'day World and The Podcast Network by May 2006. [cite news|title=G’Day World #14 2005-11-30|format= Blog post|url=http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/11/30/gday-world-14-2005-11-30/|publisher=The Podcast Network|date=2007-05-29|accessdate=2005-11-30]

In May 2007, Reilly described his 2006 co-host on G'day World, Richard Giles as "My ungrateful protege" [cite news|title=TPN listed in the Top 60 Aussie Web2.0 Apps|format= Blog post|url=http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/29/tpn-listed-in-the-top-60-aussie-web20-apps/|publisher=The Podcast Network|date=2007-05-29|accessdate=2007-07-13] . They have since made up and Giles returned as a special co-host on the Gday World podcast on June 23rd 2007. [cite news|title=G’DAY WORLD #253 - Ranting with a special guest!|format= Blog post|url=http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/06/23/gday-world-253-ranting-with-a-special-guest/|publisher=Cameron Reilly|date=2007-06-23|accessdate=2007-07-13]

References

External links

* [http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/ G'dayworld Blog] - The blog for both TPN founder Cameron Reilly and his show G'day World
* [http://napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com/ Homepage for The Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast]
* [http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=153201 Nine MSN The geeks shall inherit the earth]
* [http://www.bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=138477 Nine MSN Podcasting: the new blogging]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/04/18/1113676683378.html?oneclick=true Sydney Morning Herald Podcasts make waves for radio]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/meet-the-podfather/2007/01/17/1168709762972.html Sydney Morning Herald Meet the podfather]
* [http://businessnetwork.smh.com.au/articles/2005/05/05/2200.html Sydney Morning Herald The frequency of Generation C]
* [http://www.anthillonline.com//article_detail.php?id=344 Australian Anthill Magazine 24 Hour Podcast People August 2007]