I was reading on a podcasting forum (which will remain unnamed), and the question “What is a Podcast” came up. Apparently some posters (who claim to be podcasters) feel that a simple audio file is a podcast.

I think Adrian Pegg said it best so I just copied his post from April of 2006 below:

When is a podcast NOT a podcast?
I have noticed recently that some big brands are creating MP3s of content and making them available for download and calling them podcasts. But they are doing this without the one essential element that distinguishes these from just being audio files to download, and that, of course, is the RSS feed. UK tabloid The Sun has just done this with its Bizarre column.

If you can’t subscribe to it, then it isn’t a podcast, is it?

Ahh yes, that is correct, a podcast is as much about delivery as it is about content.

Original post by A Podcasting Blog from Podcasting Tools - Daily Podcasting News and Information for Podcasters and Listeners.

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