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Ben Hammersley of The Guardian newspaper created the term in a February 2004 article along with some other possible names for this new technology. He got this word by mixing together "pod" from Apple's iPod and "broadcasting," even though it's not necessary to use an iPod to listen to a podcast.

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Ben Hammersley of The Guardian newspaper created the term in a February 2004 article along with some other possible names for this new technology. He got this word by mixing together "pod" from Apple's iPod and "broadcasting," even though it's not necessary to use an iPod to listen to a podcast.

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