iTunes Radio is getting NPR’s streaming news channel today
National Public Radio (NPR) is adding the first streaming news channel to Apple’s freeiTunes Radioservice, Re/code just reported. The unexpected development marks the official branching out of iTunes Radio, which debuted last September as a music-only streaming service available on Mac and PC desktops as well as on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices. When NPR’s new channel goes live later today in iTunes Radio, Apple users will be able to tune in to a free stream offering 24/7 mixes of live news with segments from pre-recorded shows such as ‘All Things Considered’ and ‘The Diane Rehm Show....