Comments on: Not to be repetitive, but… NPR + PI = ? http://gravitymedium.com/2008/08/11/not-to-be-repetitive-but-npr-pi/ Strategies for Public Media 2.0 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:41:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Todd Mundt http://gravitymedium.com/2008/08/11/not-to-be-repetitive-but-npr-pi/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Todd Mundt Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:26:49 +0000 http://gravitymedium.com/?p=314#comment-502 Good luck with everything that's happening there! Good luck with everything that’s happening there!

]]> By: John Proffitt http://gravitymedium.com/2008/08/11/not-to-be-repetitive-but-npr-pi/comment-page-1/#comment-499 John Proffitt Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:07:31 +0000 http://gravitymedium.com/?p=314#comment-499 Todd, I agree there are possibilities here. I'm hopeful that NPR has a more concrete idea of which possibilities they want to pursue. But I remain surprised that an overarching notion of what to do with PI has not been broadly promoted or discussed. The purchase was a chance to generate a bit of splash and get attention for a new vision. (Are they waiting for the purchase to be completed at the end of this month?) I'm decreasingly anxious, however. Partially because things are about to change where I'm working and I'll be totally distracted anyway. But mostly because I'm reassured by your comment here. You haven't said anything specific, but I'm getting a good read-between-the-lines sense that no one has provided before this. Thanks! Todd, I agree there are possibilities here. I’m hopeful that NPR has a more concrete idea of which possibilities they want to pursue. But I remain surprised that an overarching notion of what to do with PI has not been broadly promoted or discussed. The purchase was a chance to generate a bit of splash and get attention for a new vision. (Are they waiting for the purchase to be completed at the end of this month?)

I’m decreasingly anxious, however. Partially because things are about to change where I’m working and I’ll be totally distracted anyway. But mostly because I’m reassured by your comment here. You haven’t said anything specific, but I’m getting a good read-between-the-lines sense that no one has provided before this. Thanks!

]]> By: Todd Mundt http://gravitymedium.com/2008/08/11/not-to-be-repetitive-but-npr-pi/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Todd Mundt Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:46:34 +0000 http://gravitymedium.com/?p=314#comment-490 I think this will unfold. One of the key internal private discussions the participants of the Digital Distribution Consortium had with NPR in 2006 (I was one of the six individuals on the DDC) was the disposition of PI. I'm not saying that NPR acquired it with the intent of pursuing to the letter what DDC had in mind for PI, but if you allow yourself to think more broadly about PI and its capabilities, most importantly its possibilities, you start to see there are a number of paths this might take... few of which damage or take anything away from NPR's in-house digital unit. I think this will unfold. One of the key internal private discussions the participants of the Digital Distribution Consortium had with NPR in 2006 (I was one of the six individuals on the DDC) was the disposition of PI. I’m not saying that NPR acquired it with the intent of pursuing to the letter what DDC had in mind for PI, but if you allow yourself to think more broadly about PI and its capabilities, most importantly its possibilities, you start to see there are a number of paths this might take… few of which damage or take anything away from NPR’s in-house digital unit.

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