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Thursday January 26, 2017

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NPR Music App Experience Folded Into NPRMusic.org

January 26, 2017 • Retiring the NPR Music app will allow us to focus on continuing to improve those platforms, without sacrificing the content we know you love.

Tuesday January 17, 2017

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We Cannot Tolerate Legal and Personal Attacks on Journalists For Doing Their Jobs

January 17, 2017 • NPR's Senior Vice President of News and Editorial Director Michael Oreskes sent this message to the NPR News staff on Jan. 17.

Thursday January 12, 2017

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NPR One Now Available On Xbox One

January 12, 2017 • We're excited to announce we've expanded our support for Windows and launched the NPR One experience on Xbox One.

Tuesday January 3, 2017

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NPR One Now Available On Samsung Gear S2 and S3

January 3, 2017 • NPR One is now available on the Samsung Gear smartwatch, allowing users to listen to a stream of public radio news, stories, and podcasts.

Monday November 21, 2016

NPR Has Not Changed Its Policy on Live Interviews

The NPR newsroom during election coverage on November 8, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Stephen Voss/NPR hide caption

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NPR Has Not Changed Its Policy on Live Interviews

November 21, 2016 • There have been some questions and misunderstandings about when NPR News conducts interviews live and when we tape them.

Wednesday October 19, 2016

NPR Expands Story Lab Into Creative Studio, Funds Three Pilots

On June 1-3, 2016, 12 public radio teams descended on NPR HQ for the inaugural NPR Audio Storytelling Workshop (#nprasw). The teams took part in three days of brainstorming, training, planning and networking. At the end of the workshop, each team presented before an NPR audience. Becky Lettenberger/NPR hide caption

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NPR Expands Story Lab Into Creative Studio, Funds Three Pilots

October 19, 2016 • We want the NPR Story Lab to act as a true creative studio at the heart of NPR, one that fosters experimentation and continues to evolve the sound of the network.

Tuesday September 20, 2016

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NPR Retires The Planet Money iPhone App

September 20, 2016 • Today we're announcing that we are ending support for the Planet Money app. Both new and old episodes will stop appearing in the app in October.

Wednesday August 17, 2016

Beyond Comments: Finding Better Ways To Connect With You

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Beyond Comments: Finding Better Ways To Connect With You

August 17, 2016 • In order to prioritize and strengthen other ways of building community and engagement with our audience, we will discontinue story-page comments on NPR.org on August 23.

Monday July 18, 2016

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Renee Montagne Will Take On Expanded Role After Presidential Elections

July 18, 2016 • Renee will be trading her very early mornings at NPR West for an expanded role as Special Correspondent this November, after the presidential elections.

Tuesday May 24, 2016

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NPR Tops Podtrac's New Podcast Audience Ranker

May 24, 2016 • The podcast industry's first audience ranker is an exciting, important inflection point in the audio-on-demand evolution. Gina Garrubbo, CEO of NPR's sponsorship team, explains the promise it holds.

Monday April 18, 2016

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NPR and Google Play Music: Find a Podcast Playlist for Every Mood

April 18, 2016 • Starting today listeners will find NPR podcasts in Google Play Music

Tuesday March 29, 2016

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