ITunes Music Store Displaying Old / Defunct Podcasts

I am wondering why iTunes shows old podcasts that have not had new episodes posted for quite some time?
I would of thought it would be a good idea to set a time limit, say, 3 months and if no episodes are posted within that time period, remove from music store?
There's a lot to wade through and it would be nice if they were active only podcasts.

wow- it was automatically done some 10 minutes after changing.

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