Podcast Subscriptions Top One Million
Apple announced today that Podcast subscriptions have topped one million subscribers in the first two days of availability on iTunes 4.9.
"With the release of iTunes 4.9, listeners are voting with their ears," said Adam Curry, co-founder of the PodShow Podcast Network. "Subscriptions have dramatically increased across our entire PodShow Podcast Network, and I predict over the coming months that iTunes will introduce tens of millions of new listeners to the world of Podcasting."
iTunes 4.9 was released on June 28th.
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