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Ten Years of Podcasting: Code, Comedy, and Patent Lawsuits

posted by LaminatorX on Saturday August 16 2014, @11:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the calling-Orson-Welles dept.

Blackmoore writes:

Ars Technica brings us 10 years of podcasting: Code, comedy, and patent lawsuits

While podcasting hasn't yet become as massive as other media, it's made its mark on the popular culture landscape despite being the baby of the group. A 2014 study from Pew Research shows that podcasting appears to have leveled off after its first decade the number of Americans who have "ever" listened to an audio podcast was down slightly from 29 percent in 2012 to 27 percent in 2013. Today, fifteen percent of the United States population still listens to podcasts weekly, according to a survey of over 2,000 Americans by Edison Research. If true, that would be around 48 million people in the US alone.

If we started a SoylentNews podcast would you be interested in subscribing?

What podcasts do you find yourself listening to?

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by gallondr00nk on Saturday August 16 2014, @08:10PM

    by gallondr00nk (392) on Saturday August 16 2014, @08:10PM (#82121)

    Then again, if Soylentnews was to start a podcast, i'm sure no one is going to force me to subscribe...i'd hope.

    You mean you don't want the new SoyCast Beta, where they read out a pre-screened selection of what they deem to be +5 comments every episode? Where the audo file is padded for 15 minutes beginning and end by white noise and adverts? For shame, sir!

    Personally, I'm not sure I'd be too fussed by a Soylent podcast. I can't imagine the range of news topics we have here to translate very well to an audio format - I'm sure most of us have submissions we skip over on one topic or another.

    On the topic of tech podcasts generally, one I would suggest for BSD users is BSDNow [bsdnow.tv]. Even if you don't bother with the podcast and just read the tutorials, they're damned useful. As a knuckle-dragging bsd user and not a developer, some of the discussions go straight over my head, but it's certainly educational.

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  • (Score: 1) by gtomorrow on Sunday August 17 2014, @05:49AM

    by gtomorrow (2230) on Sunday August 17 2014, @05:49AM (#82214)

    Heh! But all kidding aside, you bring up a point that illustrates exactly what i mean...

    Even if you don't bother with the podcast and just read the tutorials, they're damned useful.

    There are a few sites that i frequent that host tutorials. As far as i'm concerned, the podcast tutorials are far less digestable compared to written tutorials; the podcasts have a significantly higher noise-to-signal ratio. Like your "padded for 15 minutes" joke...wait...you were joking, weren't you? ;)

    And thanks for the BSDNow tip!