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Thomas Edison accidentally discovers how to record sound when experimenting with a new telegraph device
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Emile Berliner invents the gramophone, which uses a disc instead of a cylinder
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Frequency-modulated (FM) radio is introduced in 1933 as a significant improvement from AM radio.
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First Vinyl discs are introduced and becomes record industry material of choice.
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Cassette tape was invented in 1930, however it became mainstream in 1964
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Philips and Sony announce plans to work together to come up with a uniform standard for a Compact Disc (CD) in 1978
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The combination of digital audio and the Internet create a combustible phenomenon upon the invention of the Moving Picture Experts Group-1, Layer-3 (MP3) in 1990.
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RealAudio successfully launches the first major streaming audio service in 1995.
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Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker debut the peer-to-peer file-sharing network Napster in May of 1999
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In 2003, Apple Computer launches the most successful online music store to date
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Pandora Radio launched as a rebranding effort for Music Genome Project with the goal of using algorithms and a complex song sorting program to create personalized radio stations based on listener's preferences.
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Spotify was launched to tackle the issues of music piracy and ride the wave of new music technology platforms, offering a seemingly infinite, catalog of music for audiences to listen to.
