PODCAST
(According to Merriam Websber Dictionary Online)
Definition of PODCAST
: a program (as of music or talk) made available in digital format for automatic download over the Internet
— podcast verb
— pod·cast·er noun
Origin of PODCAST
iPod + broadcast = Podcast
First Known Use: 2001
Examples:
(From Time magazine 9/19/2005)
To remedy radio's dearth of originality and authenticity and make it on-demand and portable, Curry created the world's first podcast -- a downloadable digital audio file (MP3) -- a year ago. Since then, some 10,000 original podcasts most by amateurs talking about everything from their sex lives to their favorite Cabernetshave emerged, creating an entirely new medium. This summer podcasting became a full-blown craze, marked by the word's entry into the Oxford English Dictionary. Lance Armstrong has one. So does Donald Trump.
(From Time Magazine 12/12/2005)
This fall the Beijing resident posted a recording of her own lovemaking sounds that would make Paris Hilton blush. More than 50,000 people simultaneously tried to download the 25-minute podcast, crashing the host server. Despite government attempts to censor it, the sex diary is so popular that Li's pen name is intermittently the most searched keyword on China's top search engine. " I express my freedom through sex, " says Li, unapologetically. " It's my life, and I can do what I want. " # Freedom in the bedroom is a novel concept in China, where for decades communist minders dictated most aspects of people's private lives.
Examples:
(From Time magazine 9/19/2005)
To remedy radio's dearth of originality and authenticity and make it on-demand and portable, Curry created the world's first podcast -- a downloadable digital audio file (MP3) -- a year ago. Since then, some 10,000 original podcasts most by amateurs talking about everything from their sex lives to their favorite Cabernetshave emerged, creating an entirely new medium. This summer podcasting became a full-blown craze, marked by the word's entry into the Oxford English Dictionary. Lance Armstrong has one. So does Donald Trump.
(From Time Magazine 12/12/2005)
This fall the Beijing resident posted a recording of her own lovemaking sounds that would make Paris Hilton blush. More than 50,000 people simultaneously tried to download the 25-minute podcast, crashing the host server. Despite government attempts to censor it, the sex diary is so popular that Li's pen name is intermittently the most searched keyword on China's top search engine. " I express my freedom through sex, " says Li, unapologetically. " It's my life, and I can do what I want. " # Freedom in the bedroom is a novel concept in China, where for decades communist minders dictated most aspects of people's private lives.
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