TWiT.tv, which is the operating

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of TWiT LLC, is a

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network that broadcasts many technology news podcasts, founded by technology broadcaster and author

Leo Laporte Leo Laporte (; born November 29, 1956) is the host of ''The Tech Guy'' weekly radio show and a host on TWiT.tv, an Internet podcast network focusing on technology. He is also a former TechTV technology host (1998–2008) and a technology author. O ...

in 2005, and run by his wife and company CEO Lisa Laporte. The network began operation in April 2005 with the launch of ''

This Week in Tech ''This Week in Tech''–casually referred to as ''TWiT'', and briefly known as ''Revenge of the Screen Savers''–is the weekly flagship podcast and namesake of the TWiT.tv network. It is hosted by Leo Laporte and many other former TechTV emplo ...

''. ''

Security Now ''Security Now!'' is a weekly podcast hosted by Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte. It was the second show to premiere on the TWiT Network, launching in summer 2005. The first episode, “As the Worm Turns”, was released on August 19, 2005. ''Se ...

'' was the second podcast on the network, debuting in August of that year. The network hosts 28 podcasts (as of July, 2020) though the number had fallen in half to only 14 regularly scheduled shows by January 2021. Podcasts include ''

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'', ''This Week in Tech'', ''This Week in Enterprise Tech'', ''Security Now'', ''

FLOSS Weekly FLOSS Weekly is a free and open-source software (FLOSS) themed netcast from the TWiT Network. The show premiered on April 7, 2006, and features interviews with prominent guests from the free software/open source community. It was originally hoste ...

'', and ''

MacBreak Weekly ''MacBreak'' was an internet television show hosted by Leo Laporte, Kendra Arimoto, Alex Lindsay, iJustine and Emery Wells from TWiT.tv and the Pixel Corps. The podcast was dedicated to Apple's Macintosh computers and other Apple products such ...

''. In addition to shows on technology news, TWiT also has podcasts like ''Hands-On Photography". TWiT founder and owner Leo Laporte, in an October 2009 speech, stated that it grossed revenues of $1.5 million per year, while costs were around $350,000. In November 2014, during an interview with

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's ''Marketplace'' Leo Laporte stated that TWiT makes $6 million in ad revenue a year from 5 million TWiT podcasts downloaded each month, mostly in the form of audio, and that 3,000 to 4,000 people watch its

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shows. On March 18, 2015, prior to the filming of This Week in Google, Leo Laporte stated that TWiT expects to make $7 million in revenue in fiscal year 2015, and made "almost" $10 million in revenue in 2016. TWiT gets its name from its first and flagship podcast, ''This Week in Tech''. The logo design originated from a traditional

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symbol of an "

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" turned on its side.

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s are provided by Jim Cutler.

Programming

TWiT's podcasts are centered around technology and technology news. Hosts of the shows are usually experts in certain fields, either by working in the field itself or by being a journalist covering the field. As of August 2019, there are 17 podcasts produced by TWiT. All the shows are available free to watch or download from the TWiT.tv website and are funded by

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embedded sponsorship. Most of the shows are livestreamed from the TWiT studio in Petaluma, California. TWiT's servers host the network's chat rooms using the

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. On April 18, 2021,

announced a new paid tier called "Club TWiT" which allows access to member-only podcasts, ad-free podcast feeds, and a members-only Discord server.

Shows

The TWiT Network is host to the following shows

Retired Shows

The following are the shows that have been retired from the network:

Litigation

In May 2017, Twitter announced that it would deliver original video content on its platform. Lawyers from TWiT believed this violated a spoken agreement between Leo Laporte and Twitter co-founder Evan Williams made in 2009, and infringed on TWiT's trademark. TWiT tried to informally resolve the trademark issue, and in January 2018 filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Twitter. In March 2018 Twitter filed a

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. On May 30, 2018, US Magistrate Judge Jaqueline Scott Corley granted Twitters' motion to dismiss the case. The judge found that TWIT's discussions with Twitter "do not support a plausible inference that Twitter agreed to never offer audio or video content under the Twitter brand."

Awards

* ''This Week in Tech'' was the recipient of the 2005, 2008, and 2010 People's Choice

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in the Technology category and Best Video Podcast in 2009 and 2011. * ''Tech News Today'' was the recipient of the 2012

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award for Best News Web Series. It also won the People's Choice

in the Technology category in 2011 and 2013. * ''Security Now'' was the recipient of the 2007 People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category. * ''This Week in Computer Hardware'', ''Home Theater Geeks'', ''NSFW'', ''This Week in Tech'', ''MacBreak Weekly'', ''TWiT Live Specials'', ''iPad Today'', ''Tech News Today'', ''The Tech Guy'', ''This Week in Google'', and ''Windows Weekly'' were named "Best of 2010 in Podcasts" by iTunes Rewind. * In 2011, ''This Week in Tech'' was named "Best Technology Podcast", and ''TWiT Photo'' was named "Best New Technology Podcast" by iTunes Rewind.

References

External links

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