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CNN Plus Innovation

Everyone is ripping on CNN right now for shutting down CNN+ after like three weeks. Let’s remember the network’s long legacy of innovation for a second here.

Apr 22, 2022

Virtual Crate Digging

Being a collector of physical media (mostly vinyl) in the digital age changes the experience to some degree. Much of it comes down to the all-knowing algorithm.

Aug 08, 2019

Primitive Streaming Gods

Lessons from the music industry’s initial consumer-hostile reaction to the Napster saga. Going from $16 CDs to unlimited streaming is really hard.

Jan 30, 2018

Like A Rock

What the story of Bob Seger's decision to keep most of his albums off of music services teaches about the nature of stubbornness.

Apr 05, 2017

Streaming Before Netflix

In 1998, a Hong Kong telecom firm spent $1.5 billion trying to make video-on-demand happen. iTV was so ahead of its time that it beat Netflix's DVD service.

Jan 05, 2017

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