tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389902.post5906903346688432427..comments2023-10-28T06:19:33.110-04:00Comments on Current.org Blog: Vivian Schiller at D8: We're NPR, not National Public RadioDruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04113068910907963072noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389902.post-83089301408567258152010-06-08T16:36:03.123-04:002010-06-08T16:36:03.123-04:00Wow, that last comment is really uninformed. Have ...Wow, that last comment is really uninformed. Have you not seen the proliferation of mobile internet devices? Like TV broadcasters, you're living in the past, not the present and more importantly, future.<br /><br />All communications are headed to IP based distribution. Its cheaper, universal, scalable, more efficient, and no one has direct control over it. Everything. Landline phones, TV, Radio, all of it can already technically be done on the internet, and it doesn't require a special chip or hardware, and its available NOW.<br /><br />NPR has a fantastic mobile app for smartphones, and they even have the foresight to have release the cource code into the public domain, and allow users and fans to help make it better! This is what a public service should be doing, not fighting the future and trying to limit our access and options with outdated licensing models and inside the box thinking. Very soon even cars are going to have internet radio, BUILT IN. Even sooner, you'll be able to play their radio on your new internet connected TV while watching commercials or playing games. Its 2010, beam yourself up to speed and dont knock forward thinkers because they dont dwell on the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389902.post-44691396621153499882010-06-07T17:41:40.558-04:002010-06-07T17:41:40.558-04:00Anonymous Two says they don't understand what&...Anonymous Two says they don't understand what's controversial? Well, let's start with the idea that the "R" stands for "radio," and that without "radio," Vivian doesn't have a job. She would also have very few "users" of the online content she loves so much. <br /><br />The tens of millions of radio users (listeners) constitute the vast majority of her organization's base. If you need an analogy, check out the article in the 6-4-10 Huffington Post "The Artur Davis Lesson: Act Like A Democrat in Democratic Primaries" detailing how the African-American Davis ignored the African-American party base in Alabama and got crushed in the gubernatorial primary. If Vivian Schiller thinks radio stations are superfluous to NPR, she is dangerously stupid. <br /><br />Sure, she has no radio background. Sure, she came from the New York Times dot-com division, following a career in cable TV. So, no, we shouldn't be surprised. <br /><br />For Schiller's enlightenment, the 2010 Infinite Dial study issued last month by Edison Research and Arbitron shows terrestrial (AM/FM) radio with 92 percent reach and online radio stalled at 17 percent for the second straight year. That's a 92-17 lead. Overall online usage is also at a plateau. Presumably her forecast for an online takeover of radio is based not on research or observable societal behavior, but on her gut feelings. Not a good idea for a radio CEO. <br /><br />All NPR General Managers should be furious. And if you multiply that fury by 300+ radio stations, it should be enough to send Viv back into cable TV... or newspaper websites... where she obviously belongs. <br /><br />Anywhere but radio. <br /><br />Certainly not National Public... Whatever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389902.post-91240195391232165932010-06-05T19:56:10.242-04:002010-06-05T19:56:10.242-04:00I don't understand what's controversial ab...I don't understand what's controversial about Vivian's comment. Should she go to a meeting of digital pioneers and tell them that "we're sticking to radio and we have no interest in digital media?" An audio stream is the same thing whether received on an AM/FM radio, a computer or an iPhone.<br /><br />I don't think anything is implied here about stations being unnecessary in the future. Those that are developing great local content to complement that of NPR and others will fare just fine in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389902.post-80496396899766113522010-06-03T10:58:59.995-04:002010-06-03T10:58:59.995-04:00The headline to this post should be "NPR head...The headline to this post should be "NPR head says stations will be unneccessary in the near future."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com