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[[File:Serial Podcast.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Serial (podcast)|Serial]]'' podcast being played through an iPhone]]
A '''podcast''', or generically '''netcast''', is an [[episode|episodic]] series of [[digital media|digital]] [[Digital audio|audio]] or [[Digital video|video]] [[Computer file|files]] which a user can [[download]] and listen to. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically [[download]]ed via [[web syndication]] to the user's own local computer, mobile application, or [[portable media player]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/podcast |title=Definition of Podcast |website=[[Merriam-Webster]] |accessdate=November 15, 2017}}</ref> It is distinct from [[Internet radio]], which involves [[streaming media|streaming]] rather than downloading.
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Some have labeled podcasting as a [[Technological convergence|converged medium]] bringing together audio, [[World Wide Web|the web]], and [[portable media player]]s, as well as a [[Disruptive innovation|disruptive technology]] that has caused some people in the radio business to reconsider established practices and preconceptions about audiences, consumption, production, and distribution.<ref name="Willipod">{{cite journal |last=Berry |first=Richard |date=May 1, 2006 |title=Will the iPod Kill the Radio Star? Profiling Podcasting as Radio |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1354856506066522 |url-access=subscription |journal=[[Convergence (journal)|Convergence]] |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=143–162 |doi=10.1177/1354856506066522 |quote=}}</ref>{{qn|date=October 2017}}
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Communities use collaborative podcasts to support multiple contributors podcasting through generally simplified processes, and without having to host their own individual feeds. A community podcast can also allow members of the community (related to the podcast topic) to contribute to the podcast in many different ways. This method was first used for a series of podcasts hosted by the Regional Educational Technology Center at [[Fordham University]] in 2005.{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}} [[Anders Gronstedt]] explores how businesses like [[IBM]] and [[Dell EMC|EMC]] use podcasts as an employee training and communication channel.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Gronstedt |first=Anders |date=June 2007 |title=Employees Get an Earful |url=https://hbr.org/2007/06/employees-get-an-earful |journal=[[Harvard Business Review]] |accessdate=November 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Gronstedt |first=Anders |date=May 3, 2007 |title=Basics of Podcasting |url=http://gronstedtgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Infoline_Gronstedt_Basics_of_Podcasting.pdf |publisher=[[Association for Talent Development|ASTD]] |isbn=1-56286-488-2 |accessdate=November 15, 2017}}</ref>
The podcast industry is very profitable. Over 50 million people view podcasts a month. A small, yet efficient amount of listeners are also podcast creators. Creating a podcast is reasonably inexpensive. It requires a microphone, laptop, and a room with some sound blocking. Podcast creators tend to have a good listener base
==See also==
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