I read an interesting article today in the Toledo Blade by Matthew Fordahl entitled "'Podcasting' Lets Masses Do Radio Shows" (a different name was used in the Blade). It explains the recent growth of "Podcasting" where individuals can create audio broadcasts on their computers and then make them available for download onto iPods (hence Podcasting). In essence these are audio blogs and in fact, before Podcast became the term to use, they were often called audio blog posts. Part of the attraction is the possibility of participative media, like blogs, where any Joe Schmoe with a computer can voice his or her opinion. In addition, while Podcasting may sound like radio, there is no government oversight. At least not yet. It will be interesting to see where this goes in the coming years.
You can read the article at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A2798-2005Feb6?language=printer.
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