Washington - National Public Radio (NPR) announced that it has acquired Public Interactive, the public media Web services company owned by Public Radio International (PRI), for an undisclosed sum.

Founded in 1999, Boston-based Public Interactive provides online services to over 325 public radio and television stations, including clients such as the producers of "Car Talk," "The World" and "The Tavis Smiley Show."

NPR said that Public Interactive will act as a neutral utility serving all of public media, and that it will "involve PRI in growing it to provide the strongest tools, services, and solutions for public radio and television stations, producers, and distributors around the country."

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