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minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoSad that NPR is not considered “mainstream” these days. Maybe Joe Rogan will post something to Facebook about it?
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 days agoNPR is definitely mainstream I think the word you’re looking for is “corporate” or “for-profit”. Thats what they’re not.
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agofwiw I agree, but it doesn’t appear to be considered mainstream by the guy I was replying to.
minus-squaregi1242@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoha. i was wrong. NPR has 44 million weekly listeners. that probably qualifies as mainstream media. I thought npr had 10 times fewer listeners than that. (fyi NPR is the only radioi listen to) https://blog.marketenginuity.com/by-the-numbers-who-is-actually-listening-to-public-radio
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours ago I thought npr had 10 times fewer listeners If you want to be depressed, Joe Rogan has 10 times that for single episodes.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoYes Joe Rorgan is mainstream. And for-profit trash.
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoWas it ever? It seems substantially more popular now than it used to be 20 years ago, with them getting in on the ground floor of the podcast game and all.
Sad that NPR is not considered “mainstream” these days. Maybe Joe Rogan will post something to Facebook about it?
NPR is definitely mainstream
I think the word you’re looking for is “corporate” or “for-profit”. Thats what they’re not.
fwiw I agree, but it doesn’t appear to be considered mainstream by the guy I was replying to.
ha. i was wrong. NPR has 44 million weekly listeners. that probably qualifies as mainstream media.
I thought npr had 10 times fewer listeners than that. (fyi NPR is the only radioi listen to)
https://blog.marketenginuity.com/by-the-numbers-who-is-actually-listening-to-public-radio
If you want to be depressed, Joe Rogan has 10 times that for single episodes.
Yes Joe Rorgan is mainstream. And for-profit trash.
Was it ever? It seems substantially more popular now than it used to be 20 years ago, with them getting in on the ground floor of the podcast game and all.