Apple tweaks podcasts for Limbaugh

Apple has made changes to its podcast delivery service to enable restricted access to some iTunes podcasts, according to a new report by political radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. After receiving requests to make his popular audio and video podcasts via iTunes, Limbaugh said that he has been working to Apple to achieve a solution to allow members of the (paid) Rush 24/7 service to access restricted content on iTunes: "There's no additional charge for the podcast service, but it's only available to members, and so having it downloadable via iTunes was not compatible with Apple's method of doing business. Well, that didn't stop us.... We have been working with the powers that be at Apple, and we have reached via technological advancement and software," according to a transcript on Limbaugh's website.

The podcast delivery changes would presumably allow any content creator to offer member-only content via the iTunes Music Store. While the listing of restricted content is a departure from the current listing of freely available podcasts, Apple's move will help drive traffic to the iTunes Music Store and help it maintain a comprehensive listing of all podcast content.

The report says that the change is expected to go live on Monday and will seamless enable access to podcasts to members of Rush 24/7 as well as allow users to store their name/password for future access. RUSH 24/7 currently charges $50 for access to content for one year or monthly membership for $7 per month.

I guess my proof would be experience.

Then my experience is that most computer users are either liberal, conservative or middle of the road... and the choice of computer platform has little to do with the user's political ideology.

That would be like saying that Democrats prefer GM cars while Republicans prefer Fords... Greens, of course, prefer bicycles...

I will leave it as I greatly disagree with with your assessment of Rusty's infuence on Apple. I believe the iPod/iTunes had about 99.9999% to Rusty's 0.0001% affect on Apple's recovery.

Apple was in OK shape before iPod... but I will agree that dissatisfied PC users and the general public who have had their first real experience with Apple products through the iPod will be more inclined to consider Apple computers because of their experience with the iPod.

However, it is not my assessment of Rush v. iPod we were discussing... I merely PINGED the Mac Ping list.

My disagreement is with your assumption of the myth that Mac users are generally liberal.

My experience is actually the opposite. Most of the Mac users I know are somewhat to the right of Atilla the Hun. That is probably because I associate with people who are somewhat to the right of Atilla the Hun and many of my associates have Macs... and PCs... in about the same proportion as Consumer's Reports and Popular Science Magazine separate polls found exist in the general population... 14% Mac users and the balance PC with a very small sprinking of Linux. While I do know some very liberal Mac owners (Mrs. Swordmaker is a teacher) ... I also know more very conservative Mac owners.

I should say, also, that the majority of the teachers my wife knows, although very liberal, use Windows PCs... I know... I often fix them.

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