New App Makes NPR Music Even Better
June 29, 2010 at 8:00 am Jennifer Lane Leave a comment
NPR has been making a name for itself as an online platform for streaming music – and doing a nice job of it. Their First Listen series has debuted music by artists like Norah Jones, David Lynch, Shaangan Electro (new wave dance music from Africa), Herbie Hancock, Bettye LaVette, The National, Josh Ritter, and David Byrne. Are you getting the idea of the diversity and stature of the list? Seems like everyone wants to debut their new tunes on NPR Music…
The number of people coming to the site continues to increase, to about 1.7 million unique users in May.
The platform has provided listeners with excellent front seat coverage of big music festivals like Bonnaroo and SXSW. Kinsey Wilson, NPR’s general manager of digital media told the NY Times that since the music site went live in 2007, its staff has “provided a hub where things can originate,”. Wilson says the site expands on the reputation that NPR has for helping folks find unusual things they might not otherwise come across.
The new app enables listeners to easily listen to music by genre, build playlists, and purchases songs. On new iPhones, listeners can do all of this in the background while multitasking. It’s another in a long list of great digital tools that NPR continues to develop – NPR’s digital platform has been leading broadcasters who are looking to extend and expand their brand online…
Entry filed under: Digital Music, Internet radio, mobile, subscriptions, Uncategorized. Tags: bettye lavette, bonnaroo, david byrne, david lynch, josh ritter, kinsey wilson, Norah Jones, NPR, npr music, nytimes, shaangan electro, sxsw, the national.
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