Some intriguing details from NPR about when listeners tune in for its programming—and what platforms they use. For instance, the iPhone app is by far the most used mobile option, peaking during morning drive/commute time while the iPad app and the mobile site spike in the late evening. NPR.org‘s primetime…

Although NPR’s identity will always revolve around “audio,” the introduction of mobile apps has made it more of general news organization that can compete more directly with the NYT, AP and others, CEO Vivian Schiller told Slate Group Chairman Jacob Weisberg in an interview at The Big Money’s Untethered conference.…

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has committed nearly $1 million for five national public media orgs to build a common digital platform. NPR, PBS, American Public Media, Public Radio International (PRI), and the Public Radio Exchange want a better way to share their own public media content and to encourage…

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller had some fun showing off new NPR ‘products’ in the pipeline. If you follow NPR, odds are you’ll enjoy the video embedded below.

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller—the only woman speaker featured here this year—wowed the tough D8 crowd with a witty video featuring various new NPR “products” in development including Scott Simon in 3D and a Chatroulette version of game show Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me. And she talked some real business, too.…

The funding is still being finalized but NPR is putting the pieces in place for a summer launch of its ambitious local news effort, known internally as Project Argo. Named by digital head Kinsey Wilson with Jason and the Argonauts in mind, this project is in search of a different…

Stephen Moss has been named president and CEO of National Public Media, the national corporate sponsorship firm for NPR, PBS and Boston public broadcasting affiliate WGBH. He succeeds Robert Williams, who founded NPM’s predecessor company National Public Broadcasting, and served as NPM’s CEO since 2007. Moss joins NPM from online…

When Vivian Schiller took the job as CEO of NPR, she told paidContent she thought NPR was uniquely positioned in hyperlocal: “Big news organizations spend hours wondering how do I create the hyperlocal presence, you don’t have the infrastructure. NPR can do it. It already has the trust and the…

National Public Radio is already a leader in podcasting. But a free NPR News iPhone app that launched Saturday night opens up a new dimension for the network and its member stations with live and on-demand mobile streaming. It’s also the first app to make reading the news and listening…

On the internet, any media outlet can overcome its single-dimension status offline. Print outlets can excel in video, local TV stations can add text and stills, radio can get visual. When NPR.org relaunches overnight, it will add all kinds of features to enhance and extend its audio, including improved search,…

The Public Radio Exchange has just released the 2.0 version of its iPhone app, which aggregates almost all the public radio stations in the U.S. This tuner is a collaboration by some of the biggies in the public-radio space: NPR,  Public Interactive, American Public Media, and Public Radio International (PRI).…

I caught up with National Public Radio President and CEO Vivian Schiller the other day in the Club Acela at Penn Station, much to the interest of some NPR listeners who eavesdropped as we talked in the computer corner of the crowded lounge. Schiller joined NPR late last year after…

National Public Radio, hurting from the pullback from its corporate donors, is laying off 13 staffers, its second round since December, WaPo reported. The broadcaster is facing an $8 million budget deficit for its current fiscal year, and $15 million over the next two years. NPR has about 812 staffers,…

Even NPR, which is underwritten by user contributions, station fees and sponsors, isn’t sheltered from the economic crisis, despite its audience growth in the last few years: it will reduce its workforce by 7 percent (about 64 employees out of NPR’s staff of 889) and will be cutting back on…

When we caught up with Vivian Schiller, the just-announced president and CEO of National Public Radio, she was in a surprising location: her own kitchen in Bethesda, catching a breath after the NPR board meeting this morning when her appointment was approved. Schiller has been commuting for the past two-plus…

This one is a shocker: Vivian Schiller, the longtime head of NYTimes.com’s digital efforts, has left the company, and has joined National Public Radio as its new CEO. She succeeds Dennis Haarsager, who has served as interim CEO since March, after Ken Stern left abruptly after internal discord. Also recently,…

Sure, there’s some cheap jokes to be made here, but why bother: NPR.org is the latest big media site to get a fresh coat of social networking. Yesterday, the site launched The NPR Community, a place where fans of the non-profit radio network can create profiles, connect with friends, and…

NPR has finally found a new digital head, after Maria Thomas left in April. Kinsey Wilson, the executive editor of USA Today and previously the editor of USAToday.com has left the paper and joined NPR as its digital head, according to the internal memo posted on Romenesko. Wilson had been…

National Public Radio (NPR) has made its first online acquisition: it has bought out the web services arm of Public Radio International (PRI), the Minneapolis-based public radio production company. Public Interactive will now become a part of NPR, and NPR will involve PRI in growing it for the digital media…