Subscribing

Subscription Basics

Users may subscribe to The New York Minute Show content via a number of RSS feeds provided on this site. RSS (which stands for Really Simple Syndication) is a text based format that allows users to keep track of information on a website without having to repeatedly go to that website. Most major news and entertainment sites are using RSS feeds in order to allow the readers to more easily keep track of content. Some of these sites include: Yahoo, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Netflix and Movies.com. Subscribers track RSS feed information by using a tool called an RSS Aggregator. An RSS aggregator allows a user to keep track of the activity on any number of websites via their RSS feeds. Users can enter the RSS feed address into these applications and then the application will automatically check for updates. Some widely used (and free) RSS aggregators are:

Web Based: My Yahoo, Google Reader, Netvibes, Blubrry and Bloglines
Desktop Based: News Gator, Ampheta Desk, Onfolio, Feed Demon

Podcasting

Podcasting allows users to subscribe to content that is linked in RSS feeds. These links to content in the RSS feeds are called “enclosures.” Every post in the “Podcast” category on The New York Minute Show has an enclosure in the associated RSS feed. So that means all the audio and video posts are podcasts. Which means you can use a podcatching application to subscribe to the podcast and your podcatcher will automatically download the media file to your computer. Some of the most popular podcast clients are: Juice Receiver (Win/Mac/Linux), WinPodder (Win) and myPodder (Win/Mac). Apple’s iTunes music store is also a big favorite to subscribing to podcasts.

Subscribing in RSS Aggregators or Podcatchers

The New York Minute Show contains several RSS feeds in order to give people the maximum amount of options to subscribe to the content that they want. The key to subscribing is knowing the url (aka the web address) of the RSS feed. Typically, you would paste the feed address into your RSS aggregator or podcatching application in order to subscribe. The feed addresses for The New York Minute Show are:

Audio - http://feeds.feedburner.com/PodcastNYC-NewYorkMinute
Video - http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewYorkMinuteShowVideo
Audio & Video - http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheNewYorkMinuteShow
Blog - http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewYorkMinuteShowBlog

Questions?

If you have problems subscribing or questions about the process, don’t hesitate to send an email to rob[at]newyorkminuteshow[dot]com.

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