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APIs: The new distribution
BuzzMachine — The Guardian just announced that it is releasing all its content through an API as well as making available many different data sets through a data store, all of which can be mashed up into others’ sites and applications. They join other organizations - the BBC, National Public Radio, and The New York Times - in releasing APIs; notes that it’s the creme of news that sees the wisdom in APIs. The Guardian’s offers more than headlines: articles, video, galleries, everything. It also adds one more important element to ...

Newspaper as a Platform: Guardian Launches API
ReadWriteWeb — ... This move by the Guardian comes just about a month after the New York Times opened up its Article Search API, which also gives developers access to a complete set of the paper's content (Disclosure: RWW is a syndication partner of the NYT). The New York Times, however, provides access to a more varied set of data and includes specialized APIs for accessing its movie reviews, breaking news, or recipes. Other news organizations like the BBC or NPR also offer similar APIs. Data Store Uses Google Docs The Data Store and its ...

National Public Radio Embraces Web Syndication with API
Beet.TV — ... who heads up digital strategy and operations for NPR.  He speaks about the API from NPR and the opportunity for his organization to reach a larger universe. ...

NPR Mobile Strategy Mixes Text With Live And On-Demand Audio
paidContent — ... Wilson adds later: “We’re trying to use the NPR brand and our particular flavor of national and international coverage as a strong hook to draw people to station streams and station offerings. It’s another pathway to the stations.” NPR’s open API makes it possible for stations or other non-commercial developers to build their own branded apps. ( ...

NPR Mobile Strategy Mixes Text With Live And On-Demand Audio
mocoNews — ... Wilson adds later: “We’re trying to use the NPR brand and our particular flavor of national and international coverage as a strong hook to draw people to station streams and station offerings. It’s another pathway to the stations.” NPR’s open API makes it possible for stations or other non-commercial developers to build their own branded apps. ( ...