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National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of more than 1,000 public radio stations in the United States. It differs from other non-profit membership media organizations, such as the Associated Press, in that it was established by an act of Congress. Wikipedia
Website: www.npr.org
Latest news
- Jan 16: Trump’s Terms was launched by NPR in late November - a rebrand of the previous show, Trump's Trials. Host Scott Detrow curates NPR's reporting, analysis and updates on the people wielding power in President Trump's second administration and the policies they are pursuing — from his closest political advisors to cabinet secretaries and top military leaders.
- Jan 8: Podtrac released its US rankers for December 2024. Almost all publishers saw a decline in traffic, as is normal. Acast leapt from #5 to #3, but the company releases its data after its quarterly financial reports, so while everyone else is reporting on December, the Acast numbers are for October (and are actually unchanged month-on-month). NPR News Now returned to #1 podcast; two shows from SiriusXM are new in the podcast charts, though SiriusXM isn’t listed in the publishers chart.
- Jan 7: After NPR switched to using Megaphone to host its podcasts in 2023, NPR itself is no longer listed as being a podcast host that is compliant with the IAB podcast measurement guidelines.. Megaphone is v2.2 compliant.
- Jan 2: In December, total overall podcast downloads on Buzzsprout were down 14% year-on-year. However, we’d not worry; both Spotify and Apple showed increases in download share; and we covered a few days ago that the total number of podcasts being updated is up 2.5% year-on-year. (And, if you’re getting plays on YouTube, or uploading video to Spotify, those plays never get back to your podcast host anyway.)
- Dec 30, 2024: Funding for NPR is under threat in 2025, after Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have written they intend to “take aim” at funding for NPR and PBS. NPR is one of the largest podcast publishers in the US (and has trained many producers who work elsewhere).
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