Updated below: An interesting opening of sorts by NPR, which has been among the most progressive organizations online: it has launched an open API, which will allows user and developers to take NPR content and include and share on individual websites and blogs. This API will also allow the 860 NPR member stations around the country to incorporate more NPR news and info in their digital media products and services, and “establish a framework for eventually sharing their own content,” it said. Some of the external widgets that are using the API are here. More details on the API here on their own blog.
But there are some caveats and restrictions, as Mashable points out: The terms of use says that
Hi Rafat,
The reason why shows such as Prairie Home Companion and This American Life aren't included is because they're not NPR shows. They're among the many shows that are produced by American Public Media and PRI, and we have no affiliation with them.
As for shows like Car Talk, Fresh Air, etc, that aren't included in the beta release, it's because they are shows that are produced outside of NPR and we haven't secured the rights to distribute them online via our API. We're hoping that we'll be able to work out deals with a number of these program producers, though, so they too can join the 250,000+ stories already available via the API from the majority of our programs. We also hope to extend the API going back to 1970. More more information, you can check out the discussions on our <a >Inside NPR.org</a> blog.
Hey Andy
Thanks…valid points…have updated with our comments.