Programs/Content
How public media should read the Luminary news
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Whether the on-demand audio startup succeeds or fails, it’s great news for public media, though your nerves might beg to differ. Here’s why.
Tech
Aid from Apple would deliver ‘critical mass’ for NPR’s podcast analytics tool
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The company has not signed on with Remote Audio Data, which can give podcast producers expanded analytics tracking their listeners’ habits.
Development
With more freedom on podcasts, pubmedia producers seek middle ground on commercial tone
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To answer a reader’s question, we asked NPR and WBUR how they approach advertising on podcasts.
Programs/Content
For his WBEZ podcast, a storyteller shares the spotlight to profile people ‘in a big ole mess’
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“I’ve done plenty of talking about my own troubles,” Shannon Cason said on the debut episode of “The Trouble.” “But I want to talk to other people about theirs.”
Quick Takes
New NPR tool provides richer data about podcast listening
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Remote Audio Data aims to help podcast creators and advertisers better understand their audiences.
Programs/Content
KALW’s ‘The Intersection’ goes deep by staying in one place
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The radio show and podcast, a finalist in Current’s Local that Works contest, explores a changing San Francisco through the people and institutions that intersect at street corners.
Programs/Content
Futuro Media picks participants for podcast training program
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The organization is training six people with no experience in public media to create podcasts.
Programs/Content
KUOW podcast engages local audience with practical tips for fighting workplace sexism
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Fans of “Battle Tactics for Your Sexist Workplace” “find something in it that resonates with them, makes them feel like they are empowered to walk into work and can change things for the better,” says a co-host.
Programs/Content
How Scott Carrier is navigating the plight of the lone, listener-sponsored podcaster
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Producers who have left public radio to go solo as podcasters have made some outstanding work. But the work has sometimes made them emotional wrecks.
Programs/Content
Through podcasts, kids’ shows also get more airtime on old-school radio
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Podcasts give creators of kids’ shows more freedom, but finding ways to play to radio’s strengths can help them reach more listeners.
Quick Takes
WNYC’s ‘More Perfect’ podcast creates soundtrack for the Constitution
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Contributing artists to a new compilation album include Dolly Parton, Devendra Banhart, They Might Be Giants and Kash Doll.
Programs/Content
Podcasts vs. broadcasts: an iTunes Top 200 battle
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We data-dive into the iTunes Top Podcasts, pitting podcasters vs. broadcasters and pubcasters vs. their commercial colleagues.
CPB
CPB extends funding for PRX, WNYC podcast projects
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The $1.7 million backs efforts to help under-represented producers of podcasts network and incubate ideas.
Development
Annual fundraising study finds significant gains for both radio, TV stations
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The Target Analytics State of the System report reflects growing listening to public radio news and underscores “startling” payoffs from PBS’ Passport service.
Programs/Content
Wisconsin Public Radio’s ‘Earplay’: Before the podcast era, a story-focused series with experimental edge
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The pioneering series reminds us that public radio stations have always been important spaces for the production of creative sounds.
"The Pub" Podcast
‘The Pub’ #113: New WFAE podcast focuses on survivor of sexual assault
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Sarah Delia’s reporting sent her on a deep dive to find out more about the criminal justice system’s handling of sexual assault cases.
Programs/Content
As kids’ podcasts gain ground, producers test ideas for live shows
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When WBUR hosted its first-ever Podcast Playdate festival, fans lined up to “meet the people behind the voices.”
Programs/Content
How design thinking gave these producers a fresh approach to local podcasts
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The producers of the podcasts We Live Here and Out of the Blocks share lessons from PRX’s Project Catapult.
Programs/Content
Public radio organizations partner to acquire podcast app
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NPR, WNYC, WBEZ and This American Life teamed up to make the deal.
Programs/Content
New KQED podcast takes cue from NYT’s ‘The Daily’
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The morning podcast also relies on interviews with reporters for analysis of the day’s news.