Significance: Podcasting is every man’s radio station. Unlike streaming audio, it requires almost no cost for servers or distribution and audio can be created on a shoestring. Podcasts are “pulled” through the Internet by subscribers, not “pushed” through the Internet by servers. Anyone with an audio message (or program) can offer a “radio show” to the world while concentrating on the content and not having to worry about the technicalities of distribution.
Top 10 Significant Milestones in Modern Radio
By Corey Deitz, About.com Guide
Podcasting - Although the idea of using enclosures - or audio files - in RSS feeds was first proposed in 2000, the development of useable software for the masses to make Podcasting a reality didn’t come on the scene until 2004 in the form of iPodderX, developed by August Trometer and Ray Slakinski.
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