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Next on 'This American Life': The End of a 17-Year Distribution Deal
This American Life won't be on Public Radio International anymore, but Ira Glass' popular anthology program will be ... somewhere. Eventually.
After a 17-year-run that redefined Saturday afternoon for millions of listeners, the distribution agreement will terminate this summer, PRI announced Thursday.
“During our most recent negotiation, it became clear that our organizations’ expectations regarding our futures were different,” PRI executive Julia Yager said in a statement to Variety.
SEE ALSO: Will Public Radio Survive Music Streaming Apps?
PRI didn't say where This American Life — still one of the most downloaded podcasts in the U.S. — would be going. Nor did the show, which made very clear on Twitter that it would stay on the air Read more...
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