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Re: NPR One

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Post by rglover »

Super cool. Only thing, though, is that they should be charging for this. Seeing as how NPR stations rely on listener donations, this seems like a missed opportunity to earn some extra revenue and bolster the budget for stations.

Re: NPR One

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Post by TwiztidK »

rglover wrote: post #2

Super cool. Only thing, though, is that they should be charging for this. Seeing as how NPR stations rely on listener donations, this seems like a missed opportunity to earn some extra revenue and bolster the budget for stations.

I have a strong feeling that they will charge for it eventually. Maybe the app will ask them to donate as they use it?

Re: NPR One

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Post by twoodfin »

TwiztidK wrote: post #3
rglover wrote: post #2

Super cool. Only thing, though, is that they should be charging for this. Seeing as how NPR stations rely on listener donations, this seems like a missed opportunity to earn some extra revenue and bolster the budget for stations.

I have a strong feeling that they will charge for it eventually. Maybe the app will ask them to donate as they use it?

I don't know if their funding/production model is flexible enough to allow them to do it, but it seems like some great opportunities for IAP here.

For example, if Planet Money produced a monthly bonus episode for, say, $5, I know I wouldn't think twice before tapping "Buy".

Re: NPR One

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Post by x1798DE »

I don't understand why this needs to be an app. I listen to many things that aren't NPR, and I don't want to switch between BeyondPod and NPR One just to get some sort of curated list. This reminds me of a few years ago where a bunch of podcasts were offering personalized apps that just downloaded the archives and maybe some extra content. I might have paid for the extra content, but I didn't need an app on my phone for every podcast I listen to.

Assuming the killer feature here is that it's curated or somehow personalized, and not just something that plays all NPR shows (the page is a bit vague), it seems like you could replace this with a service that generates personalized RSS feeds on the fly, server-side. That way it can integrate directly into your own podcast-listening workflow, where you might have plugins or some specific setup that you prefer to use.

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Post by danielweber »

Scroll down broken here. First I have to click on the page to get scrolling to work. Then as I use the space bar to scroll down, the dots change but often the text does not.

Re: NPR One

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Post by ch4s3 »

twoodfin wrote: post #5
TwiztidK wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a strong feeling that they will charge for it eventually. Maybe the app will ask them to donate as they use it?

I don't know if their funding/production model is flexible enough to allow them to do it, but it seems like some great opportunities for IAP here. For example, if Planet Money produced a monthly bonus episode for, say, $5, I know I wouldn't think twice before tapping "Buy".

I could get behind some premium long form content from NPR, especially Planet Money.

Re: NPR One

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Post by dctoedt »

If this catches on, it might disintermediate (EDIT: or accelerate the existing disintermediation of) the local public radio stations, which will then lose donations, which will then be less able to do local reporting. (Of course I'm not sure our Houston public radio station does all that much local reporting to start with.)
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