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{{Infobox website
{{Beta software}}
| name = Yahoo! Podcasts
{{Infobox Website
| logo = YahooPodcasts logo.PNG
| name = Yahoo! Podcasts
| caption = Yahoo! Podcasts April 02, 2007
| logo = [[Image:YahooPodcasts_logo.PNG]]
| url = [http://podcasts.yahoo.com/ podcasts.yahoo.com]
| screenshot = [[Image:Yahoo!PodcastsScreenshot.PNG|200px]]
| commercial = Yes
| caption = Yahoo! Podcasts screenshot in the [[Opera Browser]] April 02, 2007
| type = [[Podcast]] directory
| url = [http://podcasts.yahoo.com/ podcasts.yahoo.com]
| registration = Free
| commercial = Yes
| type = [[Podcast directory]]
| owner = [[Yahoo!]]
| author = Yahoo!
| registration = Free
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2005|10|10}}<ref>{{cite web|date=July 13, 2008|title=Company Timeline: Yahoo! Key Milestones|url=http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/timeline.cfm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080713214826/http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/timeline.cfm|archive-date=July 13, 2008|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=Yahoo! Press Room|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
| owner = [[Yahoo!]]
| current_status = Defunct (discontinued on October 31, 2007)
| author = Yahoo!
| developer = Yahoo!
| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]] (web-based application)
| launch date = October 10, 2005
| current status = Public [[Development stage#Beta|beta]]
| revenue =
}}
}}


'''Yahoo! Podcasts''' is a [[podcasting]] directory service that lets users download, stream online, subscribe (via [[RSS]]) and review podcasts. It also allows users to search for podcasts or browse from a podcast directory <ref>[http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1266.html YAHOO! LAUNCHES PODCASTING - Yahoo! Podcasts, a New Beta Service, Lets Consumers Find and Listen to New Audio Programs]</ref>.
'''Yahoo! Podcasts''' was a [[podcasting]] directory service that let users download, stream online, subscribe (via [[RSS]]) and review podcasts.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Pogue|first1=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOtTGO0_M8UC|title=The Internet: The Missing Manual|last2=Biersdorfer|first2=J. D.|publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-596-52742-6|location=Sebastopol, CA|pages=207|language=en-US|chapter=Chapter 11: Music and Audio|oclc=609840966}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Ratcliffe|first1=Mitch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w9dWuncv70EC|title=Podcasting Bible|last2=Mack|first2=Steve|date=February 11, 2008|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=978-0-470-37759-8|location=Hoboken, NJ|pages=484|language=en-US|oclc=437202706}}</ref> It also allowed users to search for podcasts or browse from a podcast directory.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Busath|first1=Meagan|last2=Bessette|first2=Amy Burke|date=October 10, 2005|title=Yahoo! Launches Podcasting: Yahoo! Podcasts, A New Beta Service, Lets Consumers Find and Listen to New Audio Programs|url=http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1266.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051030035325/http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1266.html|archive-date=October 30, 2005|access-date=April 2, 2007|website=Yahoo! Media Relations|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|language=en-US}}</ref>


Yahoo! shut down the service on October 31, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Marshall|date=September 26, 2007|title=Yahoo! to Close Its Podcasting Site|url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_to_close_podcasting_site.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005053928/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_to_close_podcasting_site.php|archive-date=October 5, 2007|access-date=July 17, 2021|website=Read / WriteWeb|publisher=Richard MacManus|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ostrow|first=Adam|date=September 26, 2007|title=Yahoo to Close Podcast Directory|url=https://mashable.com/archive/yahoo-podcasts|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011151504/http://mashable.com/2007/09/26/yahoo-podcasts/|archive-date=October 11, 2007|access-date=January 26, 2008|website=[[Mashable]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
According to the Yahoo Podcast website, Yahoo will be shutting down the service on October 31, 2007

==See also==
* [[Podcasting]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
* [http://podcasts.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Podcasts]


{{Yahoo! Inc.}}
{{Yahoo! Inc.}}


[[Category:Yahoo!]]
[[Category:Discontinued Yahoo! services|Podcasts]]
[[Category:Podcasting]]
[[Category:Podcasting software]]
[[Category:Internet properties disestablished in 2007]]


{{Podcasting-stub}}

Latest revision as of 08:26, 29 August 2024

Yahoo! Podcasts
Type of site
Podcast directory
OwnerYahoo!
Created byYahoo!
URLpodcasts.yahoo.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationFree
LaunchedOctober 10, 2005; 19 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

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  1. ^ "Company Timeline: Yahoo! Key Milestones". Yahoo! Press Room. Yahoo!. July 13, 2008. Archived from the original on July 13, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  2. ^ Pogue, David; Biersdorfer, J. D. (2006). "Chapter 11: Music and Audio". The Internet: The Missing Manual. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-596-52742-6. OCLC 609840966.
  3. ^ Ratcliffe, Mitch; Mack, Steve (February 11, 2008). Podcasting Bible. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-470-37759-8. OCLC 437202706.
  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". Yahoo! Media Relations. Yahoo!. Archived from the original on October 30, 2005. Retrieved April 2, 2007.
  5. ^ Kirkpatrick, Marshall (September 26, 2007). "Yahoo! to Close Its Podcasting Site". Read / WriteWeb. Richard MacManus. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  6. ^ Ostrow, Adam (September 26, 2007). "Yahoo to Close Podcast Directory". Mashable. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2008.