Software:Yahoo! Podcasts

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Yahoo! Podcasts
YahooPodcasts logo.PNG
Type of site
Podcast directory
OwnerYahoo!
Created byYahoo!
Websitepodcasts.yahoo.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationFree
LaunchedOctober 10, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-10-10)[1]
Current statusDefunct (discontinued on October 31, 2007)

Yahoo! Podcasts was a podcasting directory service that let users download, stream online, subscribe (via RSS) and review podcasts.[2][3] It also allowed users to search for podcasts or browse from a podcast directory.[4]

Yahoo! shut down the service on October 31, 2007.[5][6]

References

  1. "Company Timeline: Yahoo! Key Milestones" (in en-US). Yahoo! Press Room. Yahoo!. July 13, 2008. http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/timeline.cfm. 
  2. Pogue, David; Biersdorfer, J. D. (2006). "Chapter 11: Music and Audio" (in en-US). The Internet: The Missing Manual. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media. pp. 207. ISBN 978-0-596-52742-6. OCLC 609840966. https://books.google.com/books?id=BOtTGO0_M8UC. 
  3. Ratcliffe, Mitch; Mack, Steve (February 11, 2008) (in en-US). Podcasting Bible. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 484. ISBN 978-0-470-37759-8. OCLC 437202706. https://books.google.com/books?id=w9dWuncv70EC. 
  4. Busath, Meagan; Bessette, Amy Burke (October 10, 2005). "Yahoo! Launches Podcasting: Yahoo! Podcasts, A New Beta Service, Lets Consumers Find and Listen to New Audio Programs" (in en-US). Yahoo!. http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1266.html. 
  5. Kirkpatrick, Marshall (September 26, 2007). "Yahoo! to Close Its Podcasting Site" (in en-US). Richard MacManus. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_to_close_podcasting_site.php. 
  6. Ostrow, Adam (September 26, 2007). "Yahoo to Close Podcast Directory" (in en-US). https://mashable.com/archive/yahoo-podcasts.