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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.

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  1. Whoah!!! by Otter · · Score: 5, Funny

    NPR, the oration of George W. Bush and knitting!?! Truly, Steve Jobs hath led us into a glorious new existence!

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    What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
  2. 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...

  3. 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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    For more information, click here.
  4. Oh for the love of God podcast is a stupid name by netsavior · · Score: 4, Interesting

    it is "Diary" not blog it is an audio file not a podcast I got a revolution for ya, lets put an audio file for download on the internet (yeah nobody has ever done that before), but give it a hip new name: "Podcast" cause you need a $400 piece of electronics to duplicate 20 year old technology. Next you will see "Podcast Novels" at barnes and noble, cause "books on tape" is just not a shiney. Get off my lawn :))

    1. Re:Oh for the love of God podcast is a stupid name by Tsiangkun · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Technically, sure, it's just downloading mp3s.

      But, when it's done through iTunes, using RSS to autmatically grab new content from sites, it's starts to become something different. When the player keeps track of how much of the podcast has been played, and automatically manages the downloaded content according to user criteria, it becomes a podcast.

      Yes, you can just download the mp3, but it's the iTunes experience that makes the system complete.
      I used to think it was dumb too, but now I'm hooked.

      I like knowing which shows I've heard, and which I still need to have a listen, and being able to pick up where I left off when I get interupted. iTunes, presents this information in a very intuitive way, and just downloading the mp3 doesn't, using RSS or not.

  5. quote by unk1911 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The following quote seems very appropriate for this newsstory:

    We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
    - Robert Wilensky

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    http://unk1911.blogspot.com/

    1. Re:quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Does anyone else see the irony in the above post being signed with a blog address?

  6. 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.

  7. Nothing too special by Transcendent · · Score: 4, Insightful

    NPR already allows you to download a "podcast" from their website. Yahoo just collects it and gives you another link to it.