UPDATED "Disastrous data loss" takes Podfather Reilly off the air

Tim Burrowes

December 22, 2008 9:06

Australia’s best known producer of podcasts has been offline for the last 48 hours or so after suffering a drastic technical failure.

The Podcast Network, founded by “podfather” Cameron Reilly, has been down since Saturday. Users going to its various properties see a message saying “There is no web site at this address”.

Meanwhile, a message has appeared at the Podcast Network Blog saying: “On Saturday Dec 20, the hard drive on TPN’s server suddenly died. We are in the process of restoring and re-building all of our sites and will have all of the shows back online asap.”

The Podcast Network produces 95 shows and claims an international audience of around half a million listeners a month. Among the best known podcasts is G’Day World, presented by Reilly, which was Australia’s first podcast.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.