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Museum heist

The media revolution is well under way, with new gadgets and software giving amateurs access to production tools and enormous audiences for their journalism, photography, and radio shows. Now, the democratization of media is even being applied to museum audio tours. Host and managing editor Brooke Gladstone speaks with two members of Art Mobs, creator of alternative audio tours, and the educational director of MoMA, creator of the traditional fare.
Read entire article at NPR "On the Media"