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31/08/2013

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How is public radio in the US reacting to change?

In this special edition of Over to You Richard Sambrook finds out more about public radio in the US. The media industry in that country has been undergoing changes recently. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has bought the Washington Post and there have been changes at the top of NPR. Richard talks to four radio professionals in America to find out how public radio is reacting to changing circumstances, and the digital revolution in particular.  

With guests, Steve Bynum from WBEZ in Chicago, Mark McDonald from WAMU in Washington, Alisa Miller from Public Radio International and Maria Balinska founder of the online global radio project Lattitude News.

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