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Dave Winer

Podcasting Pioneer

Citation Formats

General Reference

Film and Media Atlas. "Dave Winer." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/dave-winer.

APA Style

Film and Media Atlas. (n.d.). Dave Winer. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/dave-winer

BibTeX

@misc{filmandmediaatlas-dave-winer,
  author = {Film and Media Atlas},
  title = {Dave Winer},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/dave-winer},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

An American software developer and an author of the RSS web-syndication format who, in 2000, implemented the idea (first drafted by Tristan Louis) of attaching audio and video files to RSS feeds as enclosures, the technical mechanism that made podcasting possible. The word 'podcasting' itself, a portmanteau of 'iPod' and 'broadcast,' was coined separately by Guardian and BBC journalist Ben Hammersley in February 2004, after Winer's own enclosure mechanism and Adam Curry's own promotional efforts had already brought the format into wider use.

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Nationality

American 1

Defining Contribution

Implemented the RSS enclosure mechanism (2000) that technically made podcasting possible, as an author of the RSS format. 1

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