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'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 after**on for millions of listeners, the
Distribution agreement will terminate this summer, PRI an**unced 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.
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PRI didn't say where
This American Life — still one of the
most downloaded podcasts in the U.S. — would be going. **r did the show, which made very clear on Twitter that it would stay on the air
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