FORD ENABLES VOICE CONTROL OF NPR APP DELIVERING IN-CAR, ON-DEMAND ACCESS TO NEWS, PROGRAMS AND STATIONS
NPR’S ENTRY INTO INTERNET ENABLED CARS WITH FORD MARKS A FIRST AMONG NEWS ORGANIZATIONS
The SYNC® AppLink™-enabled NPR News app lets Ford drivers listen to their favorite public radio programs and stations on their own schedule while on the road
Users can create playlists of stories and programs to listen to later or select from topics and then call them up with simple voice commands.
The NPR app is immediately available through Ford Sync on a range of 2012 model Ford vehicles including Fiesta, Mustang, F150, Fusion and Focus.
On The Daily Beast, Howard Kurtz details his thought that NPR’s lack of strategy may lead to its demise. Kurtz says “It’s not the conservative attacks. It’s the network’s complete lack of a strategy to save itself. “
Howard Kurtz
Howard Kurtz is The Daily Beast‘s Washington bureau chief. He also hosts CNN’s weekly media program Reliable Sources on Sundays at 11 a.m. ET. The longtime media reporter and columnist for The Washington Post, Kurtz is the author of five books.
On March 20, 2009, NPR’s Day to Day and News & Notes aired their respective final episodes. The loss of both of these daily shows will impact the exposure of independent producers nationwide.
LISTENER AND STATION FEEDBACK ON HEARING VOICES FROM NPR® WEEKLY SERIES
Listener email: “I have really enjoyed listening to the Hearing Voices podcasts. It is like the radio equivalent of someone making a collage from a mix of elements of your own life, our shared history & the events, feelings and histories of people who become essentially intimate strangers.”
Blog post: “My new favorite big people’s podcast is called Hearing Voices, because it’s an hour of people’s stories. Do you know what a driveway moment is? Many radio are so amazing, drivers will arrive home and sit in their cars — often in the driveway — until the report is finished. Hearing Voices is all about driveway moments. These are not stories you play in the background while you’re busy doing something else (although I highly recommend listening to them while taking a nice long walk). You’ll want to hear every word of these reports.”
iTunes podcast reviews: “This is the MOST amazing piece of radio production. Elegant, inspired, soulful!” ~ “I heard this on my local member station. As and avid NPR listener, I always love stumbling across something new or different. The ‘driveway moments connected by a common theme’ description is *very* appropriate. And who doesn’t love those stories that grab you and make you sit in your car with the engine off, just to hear the conclusion?!” ~ “I Love this podcast. I got an A+++ on my science report.” (more…)
