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« iPodder Adds New Custom Branding Option | Main | Make Publishes Tutorial on Creating Enhanced Podcasts »Podcasters Frustrated by Lack of Music Podcasts in iTunes Music StoreJuly 22, 2005Music podcasters that legally distribute independent music appear to be being left behind or locked out of the iTunes podcast directory, which is quickly becoming one of the primary vehicles for finding podcasts. The Association of Music Podcasting (AMP) reports that about 80% of their podcasts are not listed in the iTunes directory. AMP calls itself "the largest podcasting content group in the world", and represents forty-three members. Three weeks after iTunes added podcast support, thirty-four AMP podcast feeds remained unlisted in the iTunes directory. "It's frustrating," says Chris MacDonald, owner of IndieFeed Podcasts, founding member and Director of Legal Affairs at AMP. "We've been podcasting since mid September of 2004, when this thing really got started. I have thousands and thousands of listeners; yet our fans can't migrate to iTunes easily." MacDonald says that his podcast's lack of presence in iTunes is hurting his podcast. "We are losing loyal listeners who aren't technically savvy or who choose not to run two podcast aggregators at a time. It's silly to suggest Apple can't add those feeds to their directory in a reasonable amount of time. It's also odd that my non-music feeds, which were provided to Apple at the same time, migrated to the iTunes directory in only two days." "Corporations are looking to take advantage of the roadwork that the existing podcasting community has created via an unfettered, open-choice format," says Derrick Oien, President of AMP. Oien is one of the earliest legal music podcasters, going back to the fall of 2004. His show is among many not yet listed in the iTunes directory. Oien adds, "It appears that Apple is more concerned with molding the community to their immediate commercial needs than with embracing this open community and adhering to an effective long term strategy. We have witnessed the early evolution of podcasting at a break-neck pace; partly because podcasting's open format rapidly adapts to fit the needs of the community at large. Successful corporations will embrace rather than attempt to control this phenomenon." According to Oien, "AMP continues to rapidly amass a large and dedicated collective audience, and we are working with people and organizations that approach podcasting in the spirit in which it was conceived. We look forward to working with them. At some point we expect that the support we receive daily from listeners and artists will get Apple's attention." Using iTunes to Download Unlisted Podcasts While many podcasts are not available through Apple's iTunes Music Store, podcast fans can still use iTunes to subscribe to and download music podcasts and other podcasts that are not listed there. The podcast page at Apple notes "You can subscribe to virtually any podcast in the known universe just by dragging its URL into your podcasts library, or by typing the URL into Subscribe to Podcast under the Advanced menu. Even the podcasts you find yourself keep all that nifty nesting." About the Association of Music Podcasting: CommentsPost a comment |
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