Tech
NPR adds podcasts to YouTube
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“Following the global success of our Tiny Desk Concerts, we are excited for our podcasts to reach new audiences on YouTube,” said NPR’s Anya Grundmann.
Programs/Content
APMG cancels ‘In the Dark’ podcast, cuts 10 positions
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“We are no longer able to sustain support of In the Dark and we are immediately beginning to explore opportunities to find a new home — either for the entire enterprise, outside of APMG or for the talented journalists, within APMG,” a spokesperson said.
Development
NPR board passes ambitious plan to expand digital fundraising, podcast subscriptions
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“This is really the first step in the next 50 years of NPR,” said CEO John Lansing.
Programs/Content
Five stations selected for Ready to Learn podcast accelerator
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The program gives stations “the opportunity to explore innovative ways to help parents and children learn together,” said CPB’s Debra Tica Sanchez.
Programs/Content
After release from prison, ‘Ear Hustle’ host seeks repeal of three-strikes law
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“What we have consistently experienced is three-strikes being put on the shelf every time something else comes up as if it’s someone’s pet project, but in reality, these are people’s lives,” said Earlonne Woods.
Programs/Content
More than a dozen stations pick up Vox’s ‘Today, Explained’
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While some stations are welcoming the show, other programmers are wary of furthering public radio’s relationship with for-profit producers.
Programs/Content
Public radio’s ‘On Being’ will move to seasonal podcast
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“I watched the ‘Car Talk’ guys actually die and still be on the radio … and I said to myself, ‘At some point, this is going to end, or it’s going to morph into a new form,” said host Krista Tippett.
Programs/Content
WNET Group acquires podcast about antisemitic broadcaster Father Charles Coughlin
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“I thought it was incredible the way the story was told and how things we’re seeing today are encapsulated in this man’s story,” says Judy Greenspan, director of multiplatform initiatives for the New York–based producing station.
Programs/Content
The creators of ‘Ear Hustle’: ‘We were just trying to tell stories’
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The creators of the award-winning podcast about prison life discuss the show’s future and how they wrote their new book, “This Is Ear Hustle.”