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Podcasting companies

  • NPRNPR's first broadcast, on the 20th of April 1971, carried live Senate hearings about the Vietnam War.
  • ComicBook.comComicBook.com began in 1996 as a holding page for sales links and press releases.
  • SpotifySpotify got its name from a word Daniel Ek misheard across the room. Its founders later built a meaning around it.
  • The New York TimesThe New York Times printed a crooked political boss's own account books in 1871.
  • The Washington PostThe Washington Post has its own ZIP Code, 20071. The newspaper was founded in 1877 in the capital.
  • CNNCNN was the first television channel to offer news around the clock. It launched in Atlanta on June 1, 1980.
  • The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal's first issue in 1889 carried a boxing report stitched from conflicting accounts.
  • Rooster TeethRooster Teeth's founders did not expect Red vs. Blue to last past eight episodes. It ran for two decades of shows.
  • The VergeIn 2011, up to nine people walked out of Engadget to start The Verge. The tech news site launched that November.
  • PoliticoOn the 2nd of May 2022, Politico published a 98-page draft document from the United States Supreme Court. The draft indicated that the justices were poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion…
  • The Daily BeastThe Daily Beast took its name from a fictional newspaper in Evelyn Waugh's novel Scoop. The real Daily Beast, an American news website covering politics, media and pop culture, began publishing on the 6th of October 2008. A name borrowed…
  • NBC NewsNBC News aired the first regularly scheduled American television newscast on February 21, 1940.
  • YouTubeYouTube began as a video dating site that offered women $100 to upload clips.
  • Slate (magazine)Slate magazine tried a paywall in 1998 and drew up to 20,000 subscribers. It later went ad-supported.
  • USA TodayUSA Today's first issue sold out within hours in 1982. Critics mocked it as a "McPaper" anyway.
  • Vox MediaVox Media began as a fan blog about the Oakland Athletics baseball team. Athletics Nation launched in 2003.
  • Critical Role ProductionsCritical Role asked fans to fund a 22-minute cartoon and got $11.3 million.

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