What can come of NPR's release of an API giving access to its story database?

...asks Steve Behrens in DirectCurrent.  Check out his thoughtful post and Stephen Hill's reply there.

Also see Todd Mundt's, This NPR API is a BIG deal in Converge.  I think this observation of Todd's is especially important:

NPR content (and our content, when we join the API) begins appearing all over the web, and yes, this doesn’t diminish the value of our work or our web sites; it INCREASES its value as more people encounter and discover it, and click on the links to read more.

--Dennis