NPR
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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. Wikipedia
Website: www.npr.org
Latest news
- Oct 9: Collin Campbell is reported to have left NPR last week. The SVP of Podcasting Strategy joined NPR in Dec 2023. An internal memo from Edith Chapin, who was acting Chief Content Officer when she sent it late last month, says he is “pursuing an opportunity in news a little closer to home in California”, which Ben Mullin, a New York Times media reporter, tells us is at Apple. (Chapin also left NPR at the end of last week.)
- Oct 2: The NPR Politics Podcast is celebrating its tenth birthday. Miles Parks is joining as a co-host, working alongside Tamara Keith and Sarah McCammon; and there'll be a live show at NPR headquarters in Washington DC on Oct 30.
- Sep 26: What is NPR’s future podcasting strategy? The NPR Public Editor column tells us that “current listeners, and new ones, are at the center”. NPR’s radio revenue has been surpassed by podcast revenue for the last few years.
- Sep 19: Triton Digital released its US podcast ranker for August. NPR has three shows in the top 10. The ranker is one of a number in the US which only measures participating podcasts.
- Sep 18: The Podglomerate has published a new episode of its podcast Podcast Perspectives focused on "How to Get Your Podcast Reviewed by Media." The conversation includes insights from Alice Florence Orr (Managing Editor of Podcast Review) and Joni Deutsch (The Podglomerate's SVP of Marketing and Audience Development), who joined forces to share industry best practices and advice on how to get podcasts featured by major news like Vulture, The Guardian, NPR, and beyond. You'll find out how to know what critics are really looking for in a pitch, so you can stand out, tips to build an authentic relationship with those in the media industry, and how to leverage a single feature for additional audience growth and marketing exposure,
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