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I’ve seen this all over the blogs, but I had to mention it. A bunch of ex-names from BBC radio are making shows available in a paid podcast format. The deal seems to be that they put together a “radio"show lasting an hour or so, play some music (but only 60% of each track), do the DJ talk thing, and generally massage the nostalgia of people who used to listen to radio back when it seemed to matter.

You pay roughly the same as an iTunes song, but get an hour of part-songs and relatively mindless blithering. Seems inoffensive enough, but I can’t say that I’ll be rushing to buy any.

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