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"Podcasting, a portmanteau of Apple's 'iPod' and 'broadcasting', is a method of publishing files to the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new files automatically. It first became popular in late 2004, used largely for audio files.


Podcasting is distinct from other types of audio content delivery because of its subscription model, which uses the RSS 2.0 file format. This technique has enabled independent producers to create self-published, syndicated 'radio shows', and has given broadcast radio programs a new distribution channel."