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- NPR and NPR Member Stations Introduce Premier Online Destination for Music Discovery
- Site Offers Concert and Studio Performances, Interviews, News, Reviews, Blogs, Podcasts and Artist Index
- Launch Includes Exclusive New NPR.org Media Player with Playlist Capacity

ON NPR NEWS MORNING EDITION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2

November 1, 2007, Washington, D.C. – In his first public comments, Michael Battle, former director of the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys at the Department of Justice, speaks with NPR justice correspondent Ari Shapiro on the controversial firings of 7 U.S. attorneys in one day.    » read more »

Airing On Weekend Edition Sunday, October 28

October 26, 2007, Washington, D.C. – Writer Robert Fulghum, best known for his bestseller All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, writes about his belief in always making time to dance in a personal essay for the ongoing NPR series This I Believe. Robert Fulghum’s essay will air on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday on Sunday, October 28.    » read more »

October 22, 2007, Washington, D.C. – Starting tomorrow, NPR’s The Bryant Part Project will take a look at nuclear power through a unique multimedia series – including four days of interviews and reports on the radio show and video and interactive features and discussions online.    » read more »

October 15, 2007; Washington, D.C. – Maria Thomas, who has directed NPR’s digital media activities since 2001 as Vice President and General Manager, Online, has been named Senior Vice President, Digital Media. Thomas is responsible for NPR’s online and on-demand operations as well as its consumer products and e-commerce business and its library and archival activities.    » read more »

- Sen. Barack Obama Responds to Rep. John Lewis' Endorsement of Sen. Hillary Clinton for Democratic Presidential Nomination on NPR News' "All Things Considered" Saturday, Oct. 13

- Sen. Barack Obama on Endorsement: "I Can’t Expect To Be Getting Every Single Endorsement, Given the Eight Years of a Clinton Presidency and the Long-Time Relationships That He Has Established"    » read more »

Washington, D.C., October 10, 2007 - Mitch Praver, a longtime broadcast and digital media executive, has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, NPR, it was announced today by Ken Stern, Chief Executive Officer.

Praver begins October 29 and will report to Stern. He will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of NPR, including its programming, finance and administration, technology and digital media units and will oversee its business initiatives.    » read more »

- NPR NEWS: GEN. MYERS TELLS NPR’S TOM BOWMAN THE DECISION “FURTHER POLITICIZED THE OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN”
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- Jena Mayor Says His Words Were Twisted
- Audio Available at NPR.org

September 25, 2007, Washington, D.C. -- News & Notes with Farai Chideya elicits a response from Jena, LA, Mayor Murphy McMillan regarding his conversation with Richard Barrett, the general counsel for the Nationalist Movement in Learned, Miss.    » read more »

Washington, D.C.; September 21, 2007 -- Journalist, author, media critic and educator Alicia C. Shepard has been named Ombudsman for NPR, it was announced today by Kevin Klose, President, NPR. She joins NPR on October 2 and will report to Klose.    » read more »

Students from Fort Worth, TX; Berkeley, CA; and Richmond, VA
Chosen for Prestigious Training Program

September 7, 2007, Washington, D.C. – Three recent graduates with degrees from The University of Texas at Austin, New York University, Brown University, the University of Virginia and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism have joined NPR News as the 2007-2008 Joan B. Kroc Fellows.    » read more »