Comments on: Updated: NPR Launches Open API; Major Shows Not Included http://paidcontent.org/2008/07/18/419-npr-launches-open-api-major-shows-not-included/ The economics of digital content Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:54:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rafat Ali http://paidcontent.org/2008/07/18/419-npr-launches-open-api-major-shows-not-included/#comment-61996 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:37:33 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/07/18/419-npr-launches-open-api-major-shows-not-included/#comment-61996 Hey Andy
Thanks…valid points…have updated with our comments.

]]> By: Andy Carvin http://paidcontent.org/2008/07/18/419-npr-launches-open-api-major-shows-not-included/#comment-61995 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:01:48 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/07/18/419-npr-launches-open-api-major-shows-not-included/#comment-61995 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.

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