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NPR's rigorous reporting and unsurpassed storytelling connect with millions of Americans everyday—on the air, online, and in person. NPR strives to create a more informed public—one challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of events, ideas, and cultures. With a nationwide network of award-winning journalists and 17 international bureaus, NPR and its Member Stations are never far from where a story is unfolding. Listeners consider public radio an enriching and enlightening companion; they trust NPR as a daily source of unbiased independent news, and inspiring insights on life and the arts.

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    NPR sets the standard for trusted editorial content and audience engagement. To further its commitment to editorial excellence and support its mission, NPR relies on a variety of revenue streams, including corporate sponsorship.As the sponsorship sales team for NPR and its digital assets, National Public Media offers the most dynamic public media sponsorship opportunities.NPM PowerbandNational Public Media“ NPR has emerged as the "most successful hybrid of old and new media"- Fast CompanyContact UsTo learn more about NPR sponsorship opportunities, contact:John Kingjking@npr.org202-513-2093The NPR audience has come to rely on NPR as a leader across broadcast and digital platforms. NPR programming broadcasts on more than 900 stations, reaching millions of listeners in every corner of the country.NPR is also leading the industry as a premium publisher offering cross platform sponsorship opportunities including mobile apps and podcasts. The latest redesign of NPR.org incorporates responsive design, ensuring an optimized experience for the NPR audience across desktop, tablet and mobile devices.With these distinctions, sponsorship opportunities with NPR transcend broadcast into new and untapped audiences.
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  • 10 SDKs
  • 2.99 Avg. Rating
  • 1.47 K Total reviews
  • App Url: https://itunes.apple.com/app/npr/id364183644
  • App Support: http://help.npr.org/
  • Genre: News
  • Bundle ID: org.npr.nprpad
  • App Size: 18 M
  • Version: 2.5.3
  • Release Date: April 1st, 2010
  • Update Date: May 2nd, 2016

Description:

***In the App Store Hall of Fame***

Experience NPR as a delightful magazine! The NPR iPad app presents our award-winning storytelling as a seamless mix of audio, text and images in a clean visual design. With a focus on News, Arts & Life, and Music, the app gives you content that’s broad, deep and timely.

It's NPR like you've never seen us before.

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HIGHLIGHTS:

* Read
- Browse through dozens of Topic "tapes" organized under the main categories of News, Arts & Life, and Music.
- Read stories while listening to live stations or on demand audio.
- Download stories for offline reading.

* Listen
- Select from hundreds of NPR stories, and stations’ live and on-demand streams.
- Add favorite stories to your playlist.
- Persistent audio player includes one-tap access to your Playlist, Hourly Newscast, Programs and Stations.

* Stations
- Expanded Station Finder feature lets you find a station by location (GPS) or searching by call letters, zip code, city or state.
- Bookmark your favorite station streams and podcasts.

* Programs
- Our full-screen program guide provides information about each story and tells you where your favorite programs are playing live now.
- Listen to Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! and more – anytime, anywhere.
- Bookmark your favorite programs and topics.

***Praise for NPR for iPad***
2012 Webby Award, People's Voice Winner
2012 Communication Arts Interactive Annual Winner
2011 Wired Magazine / Gizmodo App Guide, Editor's Pick

"This is one of those iPad apps where the brilliance is almost invisible, because they just did things the right way. The navigation is intuitive, the design is clean..."
- Communication Arts juror

"This [app] presents public radio's current stories in scrollable rows of news, arts & life, and music...it feels a lot like being immersed in a true multimedia magazine" – Consumer Reports

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The NPR for iPad app supports iOS 8 and above.

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DavidK.

Jun 26, 2017

When will they fix the interruptions?

Listening to my local NPR station is a joy -- except when using the app. The interruptions for station promos are constant and interrupt the listening experience. Instead, I stream from the website in Safari. NPR, this problem has been going on for a year. It's time you fixed it.

CreatureFeature2

May 28, 2017

News headlines are cut off. Impossible to browse.

Goodness gracious. Who designed this app?! The news headlines are all cut off in the current format (which appears to be tiles instead of a list). Incomplete news headlines are not conducive to figuring out which articles I want to read further. Seems like the most basic functionality of a news app was overlooked. Please consider offering news in a LIST format, with the entire headline visible. Off to go uninstall this thing....

Gigoole

May 16, 2017

App needs some work

I use the NPR News app on my iPad mostly to listen to my local NPR station or the top of hour news. I read the articles too once in a while and usually when I'm listening to the station in the background. There is no way to refresh the news items/stories on the screen. If it has not done its automatic refresh, clicking on an item can bring up a different story that has now replaced the story you clicked on in its current position. The links to the articles don't seem to work directly from the app. Other than that, I think it's a great app to get the summary of the stories on NPR or to listen to your local NPR station.

ReverendMax

May 16, 2017

Simultaneously worthless and indispensable

Great for listening to hourly news updates, horrible at everything else. Don't expect the top stories to be from the day you're viewing the headlines, and don't expect those headlines to link to the stories they claim to represent. Do expect those hourly news headlines to play when you close the app without having bid them play. Also, do expect a heavier emphasis on hip-hop and hip-ster music and cultural coverage than broadcast NPR by about 2000 percent. Let's put it this way-if stories about a "Punky Brewster" themed hotel and a new "Vampire Weekend" tribute album were slated to run on the day that Trump launched a preemptive nuclear attack on Pyongyang, you won't have to Worry about the North Korea story ruining your day for a while.

Wooderson603

Mar 31, 2017

Not working very well

Click on an article and it opens a different article. Bizarre...the app seems confused.

Wrbellsugar

Mar 28, 2017

Love The App!!

The NPR News APP is my #1 source for news! I start my day off with NPR News and in the mornings I listen to member stations from all over the country. I proudly support my member station and the app also help in keeping me up to date on local stories from local member stations where family are. The app has a few streaming issues with the stations that I hope will be addressed in the next update.
AVFoundation
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Core Foundation Framework
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Core Location Framework
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Foundation Framework
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System Configuration F...
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UIKit
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