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# Castopod's Wiki
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It all started in 1999 when Dan Libby and Ramanathan V. Guha at Netscape created [RSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS) (now known as “Really Simple Syndication”).
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It all started in 1999 when Dan Libby and Ramanathan V. Guha at Netscape created [RSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS) (now known as “Really Simple Syndication”).
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RSS should have been the link between all content producers and web software, the “Information superhighway” would be freely available to everyone.
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RSS should have been the link between all content producers and web software, the “Information superhighway” would be freely available to everyone.
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During the past two decades, growth in audience was mainly driven by original audio content producers.
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During the past two decades, growth in audience was mainly driven by original audio content producers.
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Major digital players and audio content industry are now investing on Podcasts. Around **750,000 podcasts** and more than **30 million episodes** are available in 2019.
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Major digital players and audio content industry are now investing on Podcasts. Around **750,000 podcasts** and more than **30 million episodes** were available in 2019.
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Yet, compared to the standards in Social Media and Search Engines, Podcasts – technology, user experience – have not evolved much for the past 20 years.
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Yet, compared to the standards in Social Media and Search Engines, Podcasts – technology, user experience – have not evolved much for the past 20 years.
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It is time for all players – Podcasters, Radio Networks, Journalists, Writers and all Voice lovers – to take control of their medium.
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It is time for all players – Podcasters, Radio Networks, Journalists, Writers and all Voice lovers – to take control of their medium.
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... | @@ -20,4 +22,8 @@ Exactly as we saw bloggers adopting “closed” media and content hosting platf |
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In order to give podcasters an alternative, we need a solution that answers their basic requirement and is able to compete with the big solutions. After all it is just mp3 files and RSS!
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In order to give podcasters an alternative, we need a solution that answers their basic requirement and is able to compete with the big solutions. After all it is just mp3 files and RSS!
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**Our mission here is to help find a path to repairing podcast broadcasting and make it free again.** |
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**Our mission here is to help find a path to repairing podcast broadcasting and make it free again.**
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## Documentation
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- [User authorizations](authorizations/index) |
