Audible Jumps Into Podcasting Ring

One of the leaders in digital spoken-word audio, Audible has found its next expansion in Podcasting.

Tapping into the explosive growth in Podcasting, the ability to attach recorded audio files into RSS news streams, Audible can now direct-deliver subscribers their latest New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other audio periodicals. By using standard tools like iTunes or RSS newsreaders, subscribers can securely retrieve audio file updates – in fact, with iTunes’ Podcasting features, your periodicals can be downloaded and synced to your iPod near-automatically. And the same goes with other software and portable audio players. This is the kind of stuff that can change the face of an industry….

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