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Yahoo Launches New Podcasting Service

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the love-my-presidential-playlist dept.

sdirrim writes to tell us Reuters is reporting that Yahoo! has just released a test version of its new podcasting service From the (short) article: "Yahoo's new service will allow users to download shows from National Public Radio, the weekly presidential address, and independent shows with subjects ranging from sports to knitting." Additionally Yahoo! Podcast users have the ability to rate shows.

3 of 104 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Great! by SoCalChris · · Score: 4, Informative

    I should have clarified what I meant...

    Something beyond 1-5 stars and some reviews would be nice. Something along the lines of rating the audio quality, how often there are new episodes, how long people stay subscribed on average, etc...

  2. Re:Great! by generic-man · · Score: 4, Informative

    Click the name of a podcast on Yahoo! Podcasts. There is a link called "User Reviews" where people can leave blurbs about (among other things) the audio quality, new episode frequency, etc. It's not entirely what you wanted, but it's something.

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  3. Re:Rating.. by hazem · · Score: 4, Informative

    i-podder http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/index.php

    Is a nice OSS program for downloading podcasts too. No need for spyware/bloatware/crapware from the big guys.