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Podcasting companies

  • NPRNPR went on the air for the first time on the 20th of April 1971, broadcasting live Senate hearings about the Vietnam War.
  • BBC Radio 4The first broadcast from station 2LO began on the 14th of November 1922 in London. It started with a power output of just 100 watts and operated at a…
  • ComicBook.comComicBook.com traces its origins to 1996, when American Entertainment used a holding page to post sales links and press releases about comic books.
  • SpotifySpotify began not with a boardroom strategy but with a misheard word. When Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon were choosing a name for their new company…
  • The New York TimesThe New York Times has been called "The Gray Lady" for as long as anyone can remember, a nickname that nods to the color of newsprint and to the paper's…
  • The Washington PostThe Washington Post has its own ZIP Code. That single fact captures something essential about a newspaper so embedded in the geography and politics of the…
  • CNNCNN launched at exactly 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 1st of June, 1980, and nothing in television news was quite the same afterward.
  • The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal began on the 8th of July 1889 as a four-page sheet measuring about 20 by 15 inches, sold for two cents a copy.
  • Rooster TeethRooster Teeth Productions launched in April 2003 with a web series set in a box canyon, two squads of soldiers arguing about almost nothing.
  • The VergeBetween March and April 2011, nine staff members walked away from AOL to start a new venture. Joshua Topolsky led the group as editor-in-chief of the former…
  • PoliticoOn the 23rd of January 2007, a website called The Politico launched with a specific mission to cover politics in granular detail. John F.
  • The Daily BeastThe Daily Beast began publishing on the 6th of October 2008. Tina Brown served as the founding editor after leading Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
  • NBC NewsNBC News aired the first regularly scheduled television newscast in American history on the 21st of February, 1940, anchored by Lowell Thomas.
  • Al Jazeera Media NetworkOn the 1st of November 1996, a new voice emerged from Doha. Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, officially launched the Al Jazeera Satellite…
  • YouTubeYouTube uploaded its very first video on the 23rd of April 2005 - a clip called "Me at the zoo" showing co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo.
  • Slate (magazine)On the 24th of June 1996, Michael Kinsley launched Slate under the ownership of Microsoft. This date marked a specific moment when digital journalism began…
  • USA TodayUSA Today hit newsstands on the 14th of September 1982, priced at 25 cents a copy, in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. metropolitan areas.
  • Vox MediaJim Bankoff and Trei Brundrett established Vox Media in November 2011 within Washington, D.C. The new company immediately absorbed SB Nation, a sports blog…
  • Critical Role ProductionsThe year 2015 marked the beginning of a new era for tabletop role-playing games when eight actors formed Critical Role Productions.