There's a really nice mention of Storynory in the Wall Street Journal today.
For bedtime stories, just press play
By YING WU

June 16, 2007; Page P2

For families on long car trips, there's a new boredom killer: free podcasts of children's stories.

The tales come from London-based Storynory, which offers them on its Web site and on iTunes. Read by a drama-school graduate and aspiring actress named Natasha Gostwick, the 82 stories available range from classics like "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Alice in Wonderland" to new stories written by the Web site's founders, who are writers. Through the podcast, they hope to generate a fan base for their unpublished tales like "Bertie the Frog" and "Jack and the Pirate School." The stories are aimed at children up to age 11.

Nikki Markle, a Montana mother of two, says she enjoys listening to the fairy tales together with her kids -- with her eyes shut. "I still read bedtime stories to my kids, but [the podcasts] are a nice bonus to have, especially when we travel," Mrs. Markle says.

With 140,000 downloads last month, co-founder Hugh Fraser, a former radio journalist with the BBC World Service, says he is thinking about adding advertisements to the podcasts, as long at they are not "loud and obtrusive." For now, the podcasts are ad-free.

HOW TO FIND IT: Go to storynory.com or search for Storynory on iTunes.