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In our package: Digital news outlets reimagine the crime beat; TikTok creators balance ethics and money; public radio stations see more true crime in their future; AI might reshape court reporting.
Amid the downturn in audio, some executives think the public radio model — with a dash of true crime — might provide a way forward.
After more than a decade in the industry, Brian Reed is Question(ing) Everything about it.
“You just need somebody with enough charisma that they would carry people over the line. And it wouldn’t be a traditional journalist.”
“To call something the most popular podcast might seem a little like identifying the tallest leprechaun,” David Carr wrote in 2014.
“Our goal is not to change Serial’s DNA at all…For the people who love Serial — and there are millions of them — the idea here is to have more Serials.”
“Whenever you have an individual interaction, a lot of the bluster, a lot of the generalizations, a lot of the group identifications fall away,” one participant in Pennsylvania said.
Plus: S-Town gets sued, Spotlight goes audio, and a remarkable new podcast player named Wilson FM.
Plus: Spotify sees growth in spoken audio, one network goes cult-happy, and Marc Maron upgrades his garage.
Plus: PRX expands, WNYC shuffles, NPR stagnates, Dirty John adapts, Macmillan strategizes, and Gimlet parties.