American Public Media (APM) announces the public launch of Inform Media Network, a unified digital audio advertising network representing more that 55 million impressions per month across podcast and livestream inventory from public media organizations across the U.S.

David Brancaccio will wrap his tenure as host of the public media business and economic news program Marketplace Morning Report in early April as he transitions to a new special correspondent role for Marketplace by American Public Media, the most widely heard program on business and the economy — in radio or television, commercial or public broadcasting — in the country.

American Public Media (APM) announces its acquisition of LocalLens, an artificial intelligence tool that gives journalists searchable access to transcripts, summaries, and insights from public meetings including school boards, city councils, planning commissions, and other municipal gatherings. The platform, currently in beta, is already helping newsrooms across the country uncover and monitor emerging local issues that might otherwise go unreported.