Quick Takes
Pew report highlights increase in NPR podcast listeners
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Terrestrial broadcast audiences for NPR remained flat.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #67: Rebecca Lavoie — public broadcaster, private podcaster
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If you work at a station and you create a new show, does your station necessarily own it?
Quick Takes
Radiotopia narrows field in podcast contest
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At least one finalist will be chosen in November to become a member of Radiotopia.
Programs/Content
Podcasts with local focus can help stations own their markets
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“Podcasts help you tell the vital story of your unique little patch of dirt. And every single public radio outlet should be making them.”
Programs/Content
PRX announces spinoff company for new mobile listening platform
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RadioPublic will introduce apps for iOS and Android later this year.
Programs/Content
New ‘Marketplace’ podcast looks at legacy of welfare reform
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The show’s Wealth & Poverty Desk dives deep into a controversial topic.
Programs/Content
Why it’s bad that New York is sucking up the podcasting industry
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The geographical concentration of media talent is hurting journalism — and journalists.
Quick Takes
PRX adds podcasts on finance, the outdoors
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One is in partnership with a long-running magazine.
Podcasting
How public radio podcasters are like the Underpants Gnomes from ‘South Park’
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The business model is hazy, but podcasting is injecting new life into public radio.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #60: Adam hangs out with radio nerds
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A wide-ranging discussion of podcasting from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference in Atlanta.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #59: The case for NPR stations in a post-radio world
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How do NPR and stations maintain a mutually beneficial coexistence?
Programs/Content
Prudent? Out of touch? Reactions vary to NPR guidelines on podcast promo
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New guidelines limiting on-air promotion of podcasts and NPR One drew a mixed response.
Quick Takes
NPR podcast ‘Embedded’ to launch March 31
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Kelly McEvers, co-host of All Things Considered, will host the new podcast.
Programs/Content
Podcasts tied to TV shows pave way for larger strategy at WGBH
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Podcasts such as Masterpiece Studio and Antiques Roadshow have given WGBH “a running start” in pushing into the medium.
Programs/Content
How the New York Times’ ‘Modern Love’ became a hit podcast
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Essays from a popular column read by the famous and talented prove a recipe for success.
Programs/Content
Public radio outlets publish guidelines for measuring podcast audience
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A team of collaborators hopes to bring some consistency to podcast data.
Programs/Content
Why public radio stations need to claim the podcast space
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The popularity of Serial and other podcasts “represents a massive opportunity that could help save public radio as we know it.”
Programs/Content
How crafting stories of the past got a podcast into the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An episode of Nate DiMeo’s “The Memory Palace” ties into a new exhibit.
Programs/Content
Kids love listening to stories. So why aren’t public media podcasts telling them any?
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“With parents so concerned about kids overdosing on screen time, you’d think public radio would pick up the baton.”