NPR to Formally Embrace Its Acronym
NPR will officially soon be NPR, instead of stodgy old National Public Radio. “Much like the corporate names KFC or AT&T,” reports the Washington Post’s Paul Farhi, “the initials now stand for the initials.”
Great line. More from the Post:
NPR says it’s abbreviating the name it has used since its debut in 1971 because it’s more than radio these days. Its news, music and informational programming is heard over a variety of digital devices that aren’t radios; it also operates news and music Web sites.
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