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“I reckon it’ll take us another year to figure out whether this podcast thing is actually a bubble.”
Medium is launching an ambitious project to locate the passengers of a boat that disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea.
Plus: Podcasts as live journalism, a rebirth of an old corporate drama brand, and a new way to experience Serial.
“Serial had to stay nonfictional. At the end of the show, it didn’t necessarily mean that it had a conclusion. That’s the biggest advantage we have: We’re making it up. So we can give you an ending.”
WNHH, debuting next week, aims to extend the community journalism of the New Haven Independent to the airwaves — and to reflect the city it’s in.
Alex Blumberg, CEO and co-founder of Gimlet Media: “People who like public radio like podcasts, but people outside of public radio also like podcasts. So let’s find those people.”
“This reflects the larger consumer trend that we see across all media, which is live consumption of any media, including television, shifting to on-demand, self-curated experiences.”
The annual omnibus report from Pew outlines a story of continued trends more than radical change.
The Marshall Project is trying to get beyond the narrow newsroom focus on “cops and courts” and tackle the bigger systemic issues.
How can public radio make audio that breaks big on social media? A NPR experiment identified what makes a piece of audio go viral.