They’re the folks who brought you the iPod — the inspiration for the name of the genre? movement? medium? — and now, they’ve brought podcasting a little closer to the mainstream, too. The newest version of iTunes — version 4.9, released today — incorporates support for finding, subscribing to and syncing podcasts directly within iTunes. O’Reilly has some more details, with screenshots. So, that was a pretty short arc from underground rumblings, to massive hype, to inclusion as just another function in one of the major music management applications. So, does iPhoto read Flickr‘s RSS feeds next?