Podcasts: The Beginning
- Podcasts were originally thought of in 2005 by Apple as a way to increase content in their iPod devices and the iTunes software.
- Steve Jobs pitched podcasts as ‘TiVo for Radio’, audio content that could be time-shifted to listen anytime.
- Apple wanted to entice its customers by offering a huge amount of free audio content but could only manage a niche audience at that time.
- Later in 2014, the purple podcast icon on Apple devices became the default way for people to consume audio content, leading to tremendous audience growth and the resurrection of podcasts as a medium.
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- In the summer of 2004, Adam Curry decided to program and develop the first podcatcher application using Apple scripts. The program was able to read through the RSS and download the audio. It would use the iTunes API to add the files to the playlist.
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