National Public Radio Inc

NPR WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH MEMBER PUBLIC RADIO STATION LICENSEES TO CREATE A MORE INFORMED PUBLIC, ONE THAT IS CHALLENGED AND INVIGORATED BY A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF EVENTS, IDEAS AND CULTURES. NPR INC. ACCOMPLISHES ITS MISSION BY PRODUCING, ACQUIRING, AND DISTRIBUTING NONCOMMERCIAL PROGRAMMING THAT MEETS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN JOURNALISM AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION; REPRESENTING MEMBER STATIONS IN MATTERS OF THEIR MUTUAL INTEREST; AND PROVIDING SATELLITE INTERCONNECTION FOR THE ENTIRE PUBLIC RADIO SYSTEM.

NEWS AND INFORMATION, PROGRAMMING, AND ENGINEERING - NPR IS ANINTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PRODUCER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF NEWS, DIGITAL MEDIA, PROGRAMMING, AND AN INDUSTRY LEADER IN SOUNDGATHERING AND AUDIO PRODUCTION. DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, NPR'SBROADCAST PROGRAMMING REACHED A WEEKLY AUDIENCE OF 22.8 MILLION PEOPLE.ABOUT 98.5% OF THE U.S. POPULATION IS WITHIN THE LISTENING AREA OF ONE OR MORE STATIONS THAT CARRY NPR PROGRAMMING. NPR PRODUCES AND/OR DISTRIBUTES 24 NEWS, TALK, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT BROADCAST PROGRAMS, AND 23 PODCAST-ONLY PROGRAMS (APPROXIMATELY 12.6 MILLION AVERAGE UNIQUE WEEKLY USERS OF NPR-PRODUCED PODCAST PROGRAMS), AND 17.1 MILLION UNIQUE VISITORS TO NPR.ORG WEEKLY, MARKING AN DECREASE OF 8% FOR PODCASTS AND AN INCREASE OF LESS THAN 1% FOR NPR.ORG OVER THE PAST YEAR. SMART SPEAKER WEEKLY AUDIENCE DECREASED 4% FROM THE PAST FISCAL YEAR. ADDITIONALLY, NPR PROGRAMMING IS HEARD ON SMART SPEAKERS, SATELLITE RADIO, HD RADIO, ITUNES RADIO, ON MEMBER STATION WEB STREAMS, AND INTERNATIONALLY. NPR ALSO BROADCASTS ITS PROGRAMMING TO THE U.S. MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THE ARMED FORCES RADIO NETWORK AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL SERVICES. SOME PROGRAMS PRODUCED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED BY NPR INCLUDE: MORNING EDITION, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, WEEKEND EDITION,FRESH AIR, THE TED RADIO HOUR, ASK ME ANOTHER, 1A, WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, HERE & NOW, INVISIBILIA, AND NPR NEWSCASTS 24 HOURS A DAY.NPR'S DIGITAL MEDIA DIVISION EXPANDS NPR'S PUBLIC SERVICE BY OFFERING NPR CONTENT FREE OF CHARGE ON THE WEB, MOBILE DEVICES, VIA DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIPS WITH THIRD-PARTY PLATFORMS AND ON OTHER EMERGING DIGITAL CHANNELS. MONTHLY, NPR'S DIGITAL CONTENT REACHES APPROXIMATELY 129 MILLION USERS. THAT CONTENT INCLUDES REAL-TIME NEWS REPORTS, LIVE AUDIO STREAMS, LIVE VIDEO STREAMS, ON-DEMAND DOWNLOADS AND STREAMS OF NPR AND MEMBER STATION AUDIO, ON-DEMAND VIDEO SEGMENTS, ARCHIVAL AUDIO SPANNING MORE THAN A DECADE, ORIGINAL TEXT STORIES AND PHOTOS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND INSIGHT INTO REPORTS AIRING ON NPR PROGRAMS, COMMENTARY, AND CONTENT EXCLUSIVE TO THE INTERNET. SOME OF THE DIVISION'S PROJECTS THIS YEAR INCLUDED: DEPLOYING OUR NEW CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MIGRATING MEMBER STATIONS TO IT; DESIGNING & BUILDING A NEW CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVING CONTENT TO OUR NPR PLATFORMS; BUILDING READING FUNCTIONALITY IN THE NPR ONE MOBILE APPLICATION; MIGRATING KEY SYSTEMS TO CLOUD HOSTING PROVIDERS; CREATION OF LIVE-BLOGGING FUNCTIONALITY TO BETTER COVER MAJOR NEWS EVENTS (E.G. COVID-19, RACIAL INJUSTICE); SEO AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS; ONBOARDING AND OFFBOARDING PODCASTS AND LAUNCHING A NEW TROUBLESHOOTING AND SUPPORT PORTAL FOR THE SAME; IMPLEMENTING NEW HOSTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PODCAST FEEDS; CREATE A TAGGING SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC AD / PROMOTION INSERTION IN PODCASTS; MODERNIZE BUILD AND DEPLOYMENT TOOLING; DESIGNING & BUILDING NEW TOOLING FOR FULFIL SOUND EXCHANGE REPORTING OBLIGATIONS; CONSOLIDATING TWO AMAZON ALEXA 'SKILLS' INTO ONE; LOAD TESTING & SCALE IMPROVEMENTS TO HANDLE HIGH TRAFFIC LOADS; OPERATION OF THE 'TINY DESK CONTEST', INCLUDING THE CREATION OF A JUDGING PLATFORM FOR USER-SUBMITTED VIDEOS; LAUNCHED A NEW DATA REPORTING SERVICE SUPPORTING ONLINE LISTENING FOR STATIONS; LAUNCHED NPR STUDIO, A SALESFORCE COMMUNITY THAT GIVES MEMBER STATIONS ACCESS TO NPR PRODUCTS, TOOLS & SUPPORT, LAUNCHED A NEW DONATION FORM ON NPR.ORG THAT USES STRIPE AS THE PAYMENT PROCESSOR; LAUNCHED A STRIPE-SALESFORCE INTEGRATION TO PASS STRIPE TRANSACTIONS & AUDIENCE DATA TO SALESFORCE.

NPR'S DISTRIBUTION DIVISION (DISTRIBUTION) OPERATES AND MANAGESTHE PUBLIC RADIO SATELLITE SYSTEM (PRSS). PRSS IS A COMBINEDSATELLITE AND INTERNET CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE FOR PUBLICRADIO PROGRAMMING AND RELATED DIGITAL CONTENT. IN ADDITION TO ITSREGULAR OPERATIONS, DISTRIBUTION MANAGES GRANT-FUNDED NATIONALPROJECT INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF THE PRSS ACTIVITIES. RELATEDDIGITAL CONTENT IS COMPRISED OF NPR'S CONTENT AS WELL AS CONTENTFROM OTHER PROGRAM PRODUCERS AND INDEPENDENT RADIO PRODUCERS. THEPRSS IS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE,INCOME, ORGANIZATION, OR PROGRAMMING AFFILIATION. THE ANNUALOPERATIONS OF THE PRSS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE FEES PAID BY BOTHPUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL CLIENTS FOR THEIR USE OF THE PRSS.

NPR'S MEMBERSHIP CONSISTED OF 264 NON-COMMERCIAL LICENSEES, OPERATING A NETWORK OF HUNDREDS OF ASSOCIATED PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS. WHEN 84 NON-MEMBER PUBLIC RADIO LICENSEES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED STATIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED, A GRAND TOTAL OF 1,092 PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS BROADCAST PROGRAMMING LICENSED FROM NPR. NPR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE LONG ESTABLISHED, HIGHLY REGARDED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (INCLUDING MANY TOP PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES), AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LARGEST, MOST INFLUENTIAL STATION-BASED PUBLIC MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. NPR'S FINANCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTH DERIVES IN SIGNIFICANT MEASURE FROM THE STRENGTH OF ITS MEMBERS AND THE NPR MEMBER NETWORK AS A WHOLE. NPR SERVES AND COLLABORATES WITH MEMBER STATIONS IN NEWSGATHERING AND REPORTING, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL EVENTS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, FUNDRAISING, RADIO AND DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION, AND REPRESENTATION ON ISSUES CRITICAL TO PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

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