Updated below: An interesting opening of sorts by NPR, which has been among the most progressive organizations online: it has launched an open API, which will allows user and developers to take NPR content and include and share on individual websites and blogs. This API will also allow the 860 NPR member stations around the country to incorporate more NPR news and info in their digital media products and services, and “establish a framework for eventually sharing their own content,” it said. Some of the external widgets that are using the API are here. More details on the API here on their own blog.
But there are some caveats and restrictions, as Mashable points out: The terms of use says that
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