Reading: A brief history of podcasting a) Read the infographic. b) Read the infographic again and do the tasks below. 1. What was the name of the first podcast? Radio Open Source 2. Where was the word “podcasting” first used? 3. Who was the first president to give his weekly speech as a podcast? 4. When was the word “podcast” the word of the year? 5. Which company was the first to present a software with a built-in podcast maker? T F 6. In 2007 the most downloaded podcast had about 370,000 downloads. 7. In 2011 the most downloaded podcast had about 59,560,000 downloads. 8. By 2012 about 39% of all Americans had downloaded a podcast. c) Your turn: Go around the class and find someone who … Name Extra information 1. …has already listened to a podcast? 2. …would like to create his or her own podcast? d) Tell the class what you’ve found out. 3 2003 The first podcast premieres as “Radio Open Source”. 2004 An article in The Guardian coins the term “podcasting”. 2004 Libsyn.com launches as the first podcast service provider. 2005 iTunes 4.9 is released with native support for podcasts. 2005 George W. Bush becomes the first president to deliver his weekly address as a podcast. 2005 “Podcast” is named word of the year. 2006 Apple releases Garageband with a built-in podcast maker. 2007 Actor Ricky Gervais sets the record for the most downloaded podcast at 261,670 downloads. 2007 Google buys podcast-friendly RSS reader Feedburner for $100 million. 2011 Adam Carolla’s talk show breaks the record for the most downloaded podcast with 59,574,843 downloads. 2012 Edison Research reports that 29% of Americans have downloaded a podcast. 2013 Apple announces 1 billion podcast subscribers. 2014 Apple buys podcast app Swell for $30 million. 49 6 forty-nine Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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