Quick Takes
NPR One joins Apple’s connected car platform
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NPR One is now on Apple and Google’s connected car systems.
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Wednesday roundup: More NPR One buzz; Cyberchase lands five years of support
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Plus: NPR looks for listeners’ stories, Apple is expected to buy Swell, and Florida’s WUSF produces a podcast about ethics.
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Pubradio news stations join iTunes Radio lineup
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Expanding NPR’s footprint as the first news provider on Apple’s iTunes Radio, 42 member stations join the lineup today. iTunes Radio, which is integrated into Apple’s iTunes software, already features a 24-hour stream of NPR content that includes national newscasts and stories from Morning Edition and All Things Considered. As of today, web streams of 42 stations are being offered to iTunes users, including: KPCC in Pasadena, Calif.; WBEZ, Chicago; KWMU, St. Louis; KUT in Austin, Texas; North Country Public Radio, Canton, N.Y.; KQED, San Francisco; WNYC, New York; Minnesota Public Radio and Colorado’s Aspen Public Radio. The 42 stations on the inaugural launch make up about 55 percent of all member stations that provide online streams of their broadcasts, said Bob Kempf, NPR Digital Services general manager.
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NPR stream joins slate of content on Apple’s iTunes Radio
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NPR announced Monday that it has landed the first news-provider slot on Apple’s iTunes Radio. iTunes Radio, which is integrated into Apple’s iTunes software, now features a 24-hour stream of NPR content including national newscasts and stories from Morning Edition and All Things Considered. The stream will also carry other NPR news and cultural programming. NPR said that in the future, digital streams from NPR member stations will also appear on iTunes Radio. Update: Acting NPR CEO Paul Haaga said in a memo to station executives Monday that digital streams from NPR member stations can be added to iTunes Radio if stations switch stream formats to meet Apple’s requirements.
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Daisey, onstage and off air, revives his ‘Agony and Ecstasy’
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“There is no objective, journalistic version of the show,” Daisey said. “I will be, always, making constant lies of omission by leaving out tons and tons and reams and reams of details.”
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Glass & Co.: Emboldened to tell hard-news stories
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Update: On March 16, This American Life retracted “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory,” its Jan. 6 broadcast that adapted monologist Mike Daisey’s story about working conditions in Chinese gadget factories. Read more. For 16 years, public radio host Ira Glass has charmed listeners with offbeat, quirky stories that captivated minds and won awards. Lately, he’s also been kicking butt, taking names and making a difference. It’s not quite that aggressive.