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Dave Winer and Adam Curry were the first people to be recognized as the people who got podcasting to truly start in the year 2004.  1

• Other people are declared to be the inventors of the podcast, but most people give the credit to Curry and Winer 

In February 2004, Ben Hammersley discussed a novice media form that he called the podcast in his composition in The Guardian 

In October 2004, a company known as Liberated Syndication appears and allows for podcasts to be viewed 

In January 2005, Ron Bloom and Adam Curry invent a podcast known as “Podshow” 

• Constantly utilized the sentence “quit your day job,” even though most of the helpers of the podcast could not leave their positions 

In April 2005, Leo Laporte invents the podcast known as “This Week in Tech,” which goes on to obtain a People’s Choice Award 

In May 2005, Todd Cochrane rendered a podcasting book entitled Podcasting: Do-it-Yourself Guide 

In June 2005, Apple updates iTunes to include assists with podcasts 

In July 2005, President George W. Bush gives a speech via a podcast 

In October 2005, Yahoo publishes a section of their website that allows for people to search for and view podcasts 

• By October 2007, this section ceased operations 

In December 2005, a podcast known as “Mommycast” gets sponsored by a company named Dixie 

• Also in December 2005, the New Oxford American Dictionary makes the word podcast the word of the year 

A podcast known as “Mugglecast” obtains a People’s Choice Award in 2006 

In January 2006, Steve Jobs discusses how one can create a podcast in GarageBand 

A podcast directory website appears in July of 2006 called blubrry.com 

A podcast known as “Keith and the Girl” obtains a People’s Choice Award in 2007 

• Also in 2007, Ricky Gervais’ podcast obtains more than 261,000 downloads in a month, thus causing Gervais to get a Guinness World Record 

In May 2007, Google purchases the company called FeedBurner for about $100 million 

• FeedBurner allowed for people to render an RSS feed for iTunes 

A podcast known as “Manager Tools” obtains a People’s Choice Award in 2008 

• Also in 2008, Podpress’ creator decided to cease production on the plugin for WordPress, and WordPress was forced to tweak remaining issues 

• Also in 2008, Edison Research conducted a survey in the United States about podcasting and discovered that people with knowledge of the term podcast was around thirty seven percent and that almost twenty percent of people on the internet have listened to a podcast 

  • By 2009, thirty seven percent increased to forty three percent, and almost twenty percent increased to twenty five percent 

    • By May 2012, almost thirty percent of people in the United States had viewed a podcast 

A podcast created by ESPN called “Fantasy Focus Football” obtains a People’s Choice Award in 2009 

In September 2009, when Marc Maron saw his radio program cease, he decided to invent the “WTF with Marc Maron” podcast 

• In the Fall of 2025, Maron and his producer Brendan McDonald will conclude the podcast.  2

• Maron talked with President Barack Obama on June 22, 2015.  1