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What are the advantages of NPR?

4 months ago 2 min read Media NPR podcast public radio radio

Noncommercial US public radio broadcaster National Public Radio (NPR) doesn’t get the same level of vitriol from conservatives as its television counterpart, PBS. However, NPR still occasionally sees a spike in

iHeartMedia files for bankruptcy

3 years ago 2 min read bankruptcy iHeartMedia Media media ownership radio

Flickr photo by naturak (CC0) Last week news came that radio giant iHeartMedia (formerly known as Clear Channel until it changed its name in 2014) is filing for bankruptcy. For now, its operations

Millennials, some Gen Xers prefer online news sources over TV

4 years ago 1 min read infographic Internet Media newspaper radio Reuters Statista TV

A recent study by Reuters shows that there’s a split along generational lines for how news is obtained. Reuters’ survey reports that those over the age of 55, or Baby

Internet media jobs now eclipse newspaper jobs

4 years ago 1 min read infographic Media movies newspaper radio

Another Internet-related milestone has been reached, this one coming at newspapers’ expense. A study by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has shown that the number of Internet-related media jobs (labeled

Radio still dominates in cars?

4 years ago 1 min read infographic Media music radio Statista streaming audio

Despite the dominance of streaming audio and digital music everywhere else (ignoring the improbable resurgence of vinyl), there’s supposedly one place where old-fashioned AM/FM radio still dominates, and that’

NPR doesn't want on-air promotion of its own podcasts

5 years ago 2 min read Media NPR podcast public radio radio

NPR’s one of the most popular sources of podcasts online. The public radio broadcaster’s the home of shows like “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” “

The Internet's now surpassed radio for music discovery in the US

5 years ago 2 min read infographic Internet radio Statista streaming audio Tech

In the United States, the Internet is now the dominant way of discovering new music, finally topping the decades-old mainstay, radio. That’s according to a survey by Edison Research, showing that

RIP Casey Kasem

6 years ago 1 min read animation Casey Kasem Media radio RIP Robin Scooby-Doo Shaggy

News outlets are reporting that Casey Kasem, who’d been in declining health for some time, has passed away at the age of 82. Kasem is famous for his top 40 countdown