Yahoo Podcasts
{{Infobox website
| name = Yahoo! Podcasts
| logo = YahooPodcasts logo.PNG
| caption = Yahoo! Podcasts April 02, 2007
| url = [http://podcasts.yahoo.com/ podcasts.yahoo.com]
| commercial = Yes
| type = Podcast directory
| registration = Free
| owner = Yahoo!
| author = Yahoo!
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2005|10|10}}{{cite web|date=July 13, 2008|title=Company Timeline: Yahoo! Key Milestones|url=http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/timeline.cfm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080713214826/http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/timeline.cfm|archive-date=July 13, 2008|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=Yahoo! Press Room|publisher=Yahoo!|language=en-US}}
| current_status = Defunct (discontinued on October 31, 2007)
}}
Yahoo! Podcasts was a podcasting directory service that let users download, stream online, subscribe (via RSS) and review podcasts.{{Cite book|last1=Pogue|first1=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOtTGO0_M8UC|title=The Internet: The Missing Manual|last2=Biersdorfer|first2=J. D.|publisher=O'Reilly Media|year=2006|isbn=978-0-596-52742-6|location=Sebastopol, CA|pages=207|language=en-US|chapter=Chapter 11: Music and Audio|oclc=609840966}}{{Cite book|last1=Ratcliffe|first1=Mitch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w9dWuncv70EC|title=Podcasting Bible|last2=Mack|first2=Steve|date=February 11, 2008|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-37759-8|location=Hoboken, NJ|pages=484|language=en-US|oclc=437202706}} It also allowed users to search for podcasts or browse from a podcast directory.{{Cite web|last1=Busath|first1=Meagan|last2=Bessette|first2=Amy Burke|date=October 10, 2005|title=Yahoo! Launches Podcasting: Yahoo! Podcasts, A New Beta Service, Lets Consumers Find and Listen to New Audio Programs|url=http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1266.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051030035325/http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1266.html|archive-date=October 30, 2005|access-date=April 2, 2007|website=Yahoo! Media Relations|publisher=Yahoo!|language=en-US}}
Yahoo! shut down the service on October 31, 2007.{{Cite web|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Marshall|date=September 26, 2007|title=Yahoo! to Close Its Podcasting Site|url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_to_close_podcasting_site.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005053928/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_to_close_podcasting_site.php|archive-date=October 5, 2007|access-date=July 17, 2021|website=Read / WriteWeb|publisher=Richard MacManus|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Ostrow|first=Adam|date=September 26, 2007|title=Yahoo to Close Podcast Directory|url=https://mashable.com/archive/yahoo-podcasts|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011151504/http://mashable.com/2007/09/26/yahoo-podcasts/|archive-date=October 11, 2007|access-date=January 26, 2008|website=Mashable|language=en-US}}