NPR One and Watch ABC apps get Chromecast support
Plenty of apps are adding Chromecast support these days, but two of them are worth singling out: NPR added the ability to…
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NPR host’s live-tweeting of his mother’s last moments shows the power of 140 characters
Scott Simon, an author and host of NPR’s Weekend Edition, has been posting messages to Twitter from his mother’s bedside in the intensive care unit of a Chicago hospital and the response has shown just how powerful Twitter can be.
Swell launches a Pandora for podcasts to help you decide where to tune in
Looking to refresh your podcast library? Swell gets to know your tastes and offers unlimited skips and plays. It has shows from This American Life, NPR, TED Talks, and many more.
DRM and the NPR example
Some e-book buyers embrace a little friction, says Joe Esposito at The Scholarly Kitchen.
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NPR Launches New Facebook App As iPad Downloads Top 1 Million
They’re app-happy over at NPR these days, with over 1 million people having downloaded the organization’s iPad app over the last year and pl…
Updated: Vivian Schiller Out As NPR CEO; One Controversy Too Many
Amid a debate over federal funding, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller used the National Press Club stage Monday to try to focus attention on the publi…
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For Media Co’s, Facebook Is About Community, Not Ads
The way that NPR uses its Facebook page to connect with listeners and build community around its content has a number of lessons for other media entities, including the fact that they should focus more on engaging with their users and less time worrying about ads.
Decade Of NPR’s ‘All Songs Considered’ Equals New Online Music Channel
The other day I saw a mention of a survey respondent complaining that NPR is too wordy. Maybe someone can track her down and offer the URL t…
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NPR Listening By The Numbers — And The Platform
Some intriguing details from NPR about when listeners tune in for its programming — and what platforms they use. For instance, the iPhone a…
@ Unteth: Schiller: Thanks To iPad, We’re Directly Competing With NYT, AP
Although NPR’s identity will always revolve around “audio,” the introduction of mobile apps has made it more of general news organization th…
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NPR, PBS, APM, PRI And PRX Band Together For Shared Digital Platform
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has committed nearly $1 million for five national public media orgs to build a common digital platfo…
@ D8: Video: NPR’s ‘New Products’ Demo
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller had some fun showing off new NPR ‘products’ in the pipeline. If you follow NPR, odds are you’ll enjoy the video embe…
@ D8: Video: NPR CEO Vivian Schiller: ‘We’re Agnostic’
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller — the only woman speaker featured here this year — wowed the tough D8 crowd with a witty video featuring various n…
Wall Street Journal, NPR to Open iPad-only Web Sites
At least two major news media outlets aren’t going to let the iPad’s lack of Flash (s adbe) support keep owners of…
NPR Hires Key Staff For Local News Effort; Finalizes Station List
The funding is still being finalized but NPR is putting the pieces in place for a summer launch of its ambitious local news effort, known in…
A Look At NPR’s New Mobile Strategy
NPR’s relaunch of its mobile web site and the release of its Android mobile app this week are part of a larger strategy designed to ensure t…
NPR Taps Former Microsoft, DoubleClick Exec To Head Sponsorship Arm
Stephen Moss has been named president and CEO of National Public Media, the national corporate sponsorship firm for NPR, PBS and Boston publ…
NPR Launching New Online Local Pilot With $3 Million From CPB, Knight
When Vivian Schiller took the job as CEO of NPR, she told paidContent she thought NPR was uniquely positioned in hyperlocal: “Big news organ…
NPR Mobile Strategy Mixes Text With Live And On-Demand Audio
National Public Radio is already a leader in podcasting. But a free NPR News iPhone app that launched Saturday night opens up a new dimensio…
NPR.org Relaunches; Video Doesn’t Play A Big Role
On the internet, any media outlet can overcome its single-dimension status offline. Print outlets can excel in video, local TV stations can…
Public Radio Dangerously Close To Making Public Radio Obsolete
The Public Radio Exchange has just released the 2.0 version of its iPhone app, which aggregates almost all the public radio stations in the…
Video: Vivian Schiller, CEO, NPR: ‘None Of This Is About Taking Away Anything From Radio’
I caught up with National Public Radio President and CEO Vivian Schiller the other day in the Club Acela at Penn Station, much to the intere…
NPR Cuts 13 In Second Layoff Round; Imposes Unpaid Leave
National Public Radio, hurting from the pullback from its corporate donors, is laying off 13 staffers, its second round since December, WaPo…
NPR And USA Today Join News Apps In The iPhone App Store
NPR Mobile and USA Today are the latest news organizations to add individual applications to the iPhone App store. The free NPR Mobile app a…
NPR Laying Off 64 Employees, 7 Percent of Staff; Cancels Two Programs
Even NPR, which is underwritten by user contributions, station fees and sponsors, isn’t sheltered from the economic crisis, despite its audi…
Interview: Vivian Schiller, President & CEO, National Public Radio: NPR Can Solve Hyperlocal
When we caught up with Vivian Schiller, the just-announced president and CEO of National Public Radio, she was in a surprising location: her…
Vivian Schiller Leaves NYT; Joins NPR As New CEO
This one is a shocker: Vivian Schiller, the longtime head of NYTimes.com’s digital efforts, has left the company, and has joined National Pu…
NPR.org Goes Social With The NPR Community
Sure, there’s some cheap jokes to be made here, but why bother: NPR.org is the latest big media site to get a fresh coat of social networkin…
Kinsey Wilson Leaves USAT, Joins NPR As Digital Head
NPR has finally found a new digital head, after Maria Thomas left in April. Kinsey Wilson, the executive editor of USA Today and previously…
NPR Buys Interactive Arm of PRI
National Public Radio (NPR) has made its first online acquisition: it has bought out the web services arm of Public Radio International (PRI…
Updated: NPR Launches Open API; Major Shows Not Included
Updated below: An interesting opening of sorts by NPR, which has been among the most progressive organizations online: it has launched an op…
NTV on NPR: The Webbys
NPR’s The Bryant Park Project was kind enough to bring me back on the air today to talk about the Webby nominees.…
Industry Moves: NPR’s Digital Head Maria Thomas Leaving; Joining Etsy As COO
You’re reading it here first: NPR’s longtime digital head Maria Thomas is leaving the company. She will be joining the happening e-commerce…
NPR CEO Ken Stern Resigns Abruptly; Differences Over Digital Media Part of It
Ken Stern, the CEO of National Public Radio, has abruptly resigned, apparently over clashes on NPR’s digital media startegy. Stern, who spok…
NPR Launches Its Ambitious Music Site
NPR has launched its rather ambitious music site, after a long time in development: NPR Music is being launched along with 12 member station…
