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So is this basically a confirmation they're giving up on NPR One? It hasn't been updated for 7 months, after about 24 straight monthly updates. If so, I wonder

So is this basically a confirmation they're giving up on NPR One? It hasn't been updated for 7 months, after about 24 straight monthly updates. If so, I wonder if they're going to cram livestreaming into Pocket Casts. That'd be enough for me to switch to something else, I much prefer apps that do a single thing extremely well.

hsljekskfh 8y ago
i wouldn’t be surprised, almost nobody just listens to npr, and why would you want another podcast app just for some podcasts?
pflats 8y ago
NPR One was toxic for NPR (the national company) in their internal politics. Smaller local stations fought back against having to promote the app on their broadcasts out of fear it would drive their local listeners away. http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/03/npr-decides-it-wont-promote-its-podcasts-or-npr-one-on-air/ http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/03/npr-decides-it-wont-promote...
- pnutjam 8y ago
  It was also missing a setting to only download on wifi. It blew through a couple gigs of my data on my drive home once, background data. I wasn't even using it.
- drb91 8y ago
  They should be afraid. I went podcasts only as quickly as I could because the local reporting was so low quality.
  - icebraining 8y ago
    But we're talking about NPR affiliated stations. Doesn't their news reporting come from NPR?
    - scrooched_moose 8y ago
      A good example is Morning Edition, which cuts back and forth between the national feed and local reporting. You'll have 3 minutes of "Korean War Ended", 2 minutes of "Mueller Investigation", then 5 minutes of "Help Minnesota Public Radio pick the best lake in the state - listen to why Mike thinks it's the one he grew up on". The local stuff is so bad I've mostly stopped listening as well. Wish there was a way to only get the national component.
      - vostrocity 8y ago
        The local news is one reason I like to stream the local station on TuneIn rather than NPR's various apps. Where else do I hear local news from in this day and age?
pnutjam 8y ago
Anyone try "Podcast Republic". That's my go to podcast app.

hsljekskfh 8y ago

i wouldn’t be surprised, almost nobody just listens to npr, and why would you want another podcast app just for some podcasts?

pflats 8y ago

NPR One was toxic for NPR (the national company) in their internal politics. Smaller local stations fought back against having to promote the app on their broadcasts out of fear it would drive their local listeners away. http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/03/npr-decides-it-wont-promote-its-podcasts-or-npr-one-on-air/ http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/03/npr-decides-it-wont-promote...

pnutjam 8y ago
It was also missing a setting to only download on wifi. It blew through a couple gigs of my data on my drive home once, background data. I wasn't even using it.
drb91 8y ago
They should be afraid. I went podcasts only as quickly as I could because the local reporting was so low quality.
- icebraining 8y ago
  But we're talking about NPR affiliated stations. Doesn't their news reporting come from NPR?
  - scrooched_moose 8y ago
    A good example is Morning Edition, which cuts back and forth between the national feed and local reporting. You'll have 3 minutes of "Korean War Ended", 2 minutes of "Mueller Investigation", then 5 minutes of "Help Minnesota Public Radio pick the best lake in the state - listen to why Mike thinks it's the one he grew up on". The local stuff is so bad I've mostly stopped listening as well. Wish there was a way to only get the national component.
    - vostrocity 8y ago
      The local news is one reason I like to stream the local station on TuneIn rather than NPR's various apps. Where else do I hear local news from in this day and age?

pnutjam 8y ago

Anyone try "Podcast Republic". That's my go to podcast app.