iTunes 4.9 To Support Podcasting

Posted by Hemos on Monday May 23, 2005 @02:05AM from the well-of-course-it-will dept.

WaRrK writes "O'Reilly Radar are reporting that in a demo at D: All Things Digital Conference, Steve Jobs showed off iTunes 4.9, which has support for iPodder like functionality. Although, he was "slightly" dismissive of the phenomena, describing it as "Wayne's World for radio". Also, whilst currently only supporting free content, they are not ruling out paid for podcasting in the future. iTunes 4.9 should be available within 60 days." Yeah, Steve's kinda right on this - podcasting is neat & all, but the breathy overstatement of how it will change our lives is a wee bit overdone.

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Re:Reality Check by Jesse_132 · 2005-05-23 02:29 · Score: 5, Informative

Just like blogs, there are gems. Plus existing programs work better as podcasts than broadcasts.

IT Conversations (Doug Kaye project), is a top notch Podcasting source. (ok, it was around before the rage about podcasting, but podcasting made it integrate with my life).

Public Radio Fan also has a list of many podcasts that were radio programs - enabling you to listen to your favorite programs on your own time.

I hope all of NPR's programs become available as podcasts as I enjoy listening but don't live on their schedule.