Talk:Podcast

Doomed article

I can't help but think that this article is completely doomed. Right now it is incredibly contradictory and defines podcast as something that is far too broad. It currently implies that basically any media file on the internet is a podcast, and also that "podcast" media files are somehow obtained and stored in some method that is different to "traditional" media files.

It currently implies that podcasts are obtained by some method other than downloading, and also that they are stored locally in some fashion that is different to "traditional" media files - as if normal files aren't "stored locally on the user's computer or other device ready for offline use, giving simple and convenient access".

It can either be refined to be a more concise definition, which would mean that half the things out there called "podcast" aren't really podcasts, or it can be just be tidied by removing the contradictory or incorrect things, which will just leave it as defining almost everything on the Web as a "podcast".

The best solution seems to be to remove the article completely, as no amount of research shows up a "podcast" as being a thing that can even be defined.

Bratch (talk) 15:02, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Netcast versus podcast

It seems rather inside out that netcast (and netcasting) redirects to podcast (a sub-category of netcasting), in which it is mentioned only in passing—and as if it was invented as nothing more than an alternate for the more recent term.
—überRegenbogen (talk) 06:34, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

united states sentors

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Podcast

    A podcast is a bunch of media files on the computer that are streamed over the internet, like a video that is submitted on youtube.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.162.17.205 (talk) 15:54, 22 September 2011 (UTC) 

Incorrect term - acronym "pod"

It currently says On September 26, 2006, it was reported that Apple started to crack down on businesses using the acronym "POD"

except "pod" is not an acronym in this case - if anything it's a suffix (in the sense of iPod) or a stem (in the sense of podcasting). What apple is doing is cracking down on the use of the word pod and all of it's combinations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teleken (talk • contribs) 22:06, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Podcasts and Traditional Publishing Models?

"In many respects, this is closer to traditional publishing models associated with books and magazines (as opposed to radio, which uses a live stream)."

After reviewing this article (as well as the article's history - I can see that this article has gone through many transformations...), this line really bothers me. I have yet to find a great source to support a change (will be doing that in the next few days) but I just wanted to advise that I will be editing this section in the coming week. My change will include the idea that there are "traditional" forms of podcasts being published (those acting as online supplements to journals, magazines, textbooks, radio programs) but that podcasting also encompasses DIY sensibilities in that anyone can publish a podcast on any subject they please. Nessalkr (talk) 15:32, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

I deleted the above sentence from the overview section since it was not verifiable anywhere and it is not reflective of what podcasts are - they do not share much with traditional modes of publishing.

In its place, I have expanded on a previous source by Richard Berry. My contribution is as follows:

"As discussed by Richard Berry, podcasting is both a converged medium bringing together audio, the web and portable media player, and a disruptive technology that has caused some in the radio business to reconsider some established practices and preconceptions about audiences, consumption, production and distribution.[3] This idea of disruptiveness is largely because no one person owns the technology; it is free to listen and create content, which departs from the traditional model of 'gate-kept' media and production tools.[4] It is very much a horizontal media form: producers are consumers and consumers become producers and engage in conversations with each other.[5]"

In addition, I have updated some of the references contained in this article. For some reason, Ben Hammersley's name had been replaced with Adel Williams with respect to citation # 7. I have also updated citations # 2 and # 9 with new links since the previous ones were broken. I have also added a fun image with a RSS feed symbol with headphones that is sometimes used to indicate a podcast.

I would also like to report that citation # 18 is a dead link.

Nessalkr (talk) 15:50, 25 October 2011 (UTC)