(Washington, DC) --  National Public Radio and Associated Press Radio have renewed their multi-year content licensing agreement and extended the longstanding relationship to include NPR’s expansion into new information platforms, it was announced today by Bruce Drake, Vice President for News, NPR and Thom Callahan, General Manager, Associated Press Radio.

Under this new agreement, NPR will continue to use AP content to supplement its extensive newsgathering efforts, which include bureaus and correspondents in 36 cities worldwide for its news and information programming reaching 26.1 million on-air listeners and additional users of www.NPR.org, satellite radio and portable, downloadable programming.

"National Public Radio is one of the most respected sources of programming and information to the world and we are very proud to serve them in the expanded capacity made possible by this long-term agreement,” said Callahan.
“AP has played a role with NPR from our early days to our current role as a news leader, and we’re pleased to continue this relationship,” added Drake.

 

About the Associated Press
With a daily reach of 1 billion people around the world, The Associated Press provides content to more than 15,000 news outlets around the world, including more than 5,000 television and radio stations and 1, 000 U.S. media Web sites. They draw from AP for text stories, audio, video, graphics, and photo services for building their on-air and online products and services. AP offers coverage of news, sports, business news, political news, technology news, entertainment and weather. AP's multimedia services are distributed by satellite and the Internet to more than 120 nations.

About NPR
Since its launch in 1970, NPR has evolved into a leading media company, primary news provider and dominant force in American life. In partnership with 780 public radio stations, it attracts more than 26 million listeners weekly, and its flagship news magazines, Morning Edition and All Things Considered, are #2 and #4 overall among all national radio programming; Morning Edition is also the most-listened-to national morning drive program. A privately-supported, non-profit membership organization, NPR additionally provides satellite, cable and short-wave services around the world. Its www.npr.org site features extensive original online content, hourly newscasts, audio streaming and comprehensive NPR archives.

 

Contacts:

For AP:  Roger Lockhart, 202-736-1145 rlockhart@ap.org

For NPR:  Andi Sporkin, 202-513-2320, asporkin@npr.org