Programs/Content
KPBS podcast seeks new audiences while highlighting San Diego culture
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Launched this month, “The Parker Edison Project” gives “complete creative freedom” to a local rapper and journalist.
Tech
Acast acquisition will ‘supercharge’ RadioPublic’s development
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An Acast executive said RadioPublic “brings even better tools and deep … secret-sauce technology” to the Sweden-based podcast company.
Tech
Public media owners agree to sell Pocket Casts podcast platform
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The plan to sell Pocket Casts is in “early stages of development,” according to an NPR spokesperson.
Programs/Content
Public radio stations call on New York Times to take responsibility for ‘lapses in judgment’
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Station leaders and the Public Radio Program Directors Association are questioning the Times’ damage control related to its podcast “Caliphate.”
Podcasts
Southern California Public Radio receives $500,000 CPB grant for podcast studio
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The grant will help SCPR’s LAist Studios serve younger and more diverse audiences.
Programs/Content
New England Public Media teams up with Merriam-Webster on podcast for word nerds
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“Our goal is to help people understand and use language better,” said Lisa Schneider, Merriam-Webster’s chief digital officer and publisher. “I think the NEPM role in the community meshes really well with that.”
Programs/Content
First podcast from Kentucky’s WKMS aims to challenge views of Middle America
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“What constitutes Middle America, rural America, small-town America?”
Programs/Content
KUTX podcast explores pandemic’s impact on Austin’s live music scene
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Launched in September, “Pause/Play” is the station’s most popular podcast to date.
Programs/Content
Alec Baldwin is moving his podcast from WNYC to iHeartRadio
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The last episode of “Here’s the Thing” as a WNYC podcast was released this week.