Programs/Content
Indie podcast network Mule Radio shuts its doors
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Self-distributed public radio programs are among the podcasts finding new online homes after the network decided not to continue its business.
Quick Takes
NPR News vets to reshape E.W. Scripps news strategy
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DecodeDC, the political podcast and public radio show created by former NPR correspondent Andrea Seabrook, has been acquired by the E.W. Scripps commercial newswire service. Scripps bought the independently produced podcast as part of a strategic restructuring and expansion of its Washington-based coverage under Ellen Weiss, former NPR News chief. Weiss joined Scripps in February as its Washington bureau chief and developed plans to focus the bureau on enterprise and investigative reporting for Scripps-owned TV, digital and print properties. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Seabrook will join the Scripps bureau staff, which is beefing up its multimedia production capacity and folding its newspaper wire service, according to a Nov. 11 release announcing the purchase.
Quick Takes
White House honors Decode DC‘s Andrea Seabrook as a “Champion of Change”
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Andrea Seabrook, former Congressional correspondent for NPR, will be honored by the White House today as a “Crowdfunding Champion of Change.”
Development
Kickstarter crowd backs Seabrook’s Decode DC
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Former NPR correspondent Andrea Seabrook, who covered Congress until departing in July to launch an independent podcast called Decode DC, crossed the finish line on her Kickstarter fundraising campaign Oct. 17, hitting her goal of $75,000 and ultimately topping out at over $100,000. Seabrook launched the campaign Sept. 25 and met her fundraising target with two days to spare. Seabrook conceded during an Oct.