A “radio” in every pocket

Alex Blumberg, the former This American Life producer-now-new-company entrepreneur, gets it.blumberg

He understands that the definition of “radio” has changed, to encompass all audio that is delivered to a listener. not just that beamed from an antenna to an FM receiver. In a recent article, Blumberg said: “Radio has been saved the disruption that has happened to other media. It’s been frozen in time for 50 years … Now that everyone is walking around with a radio in their pocket at all times, and now that all cars are going to be connected, the form can flourish again.”

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