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			'''Adam Curry''' (born ], ])
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	'''Adam Curry''' (born ], ]) is a broadcasting and Internet personality well known for his stint from ] to ] as a ] on the ] channel ]. In the mid-], Curry was a ] entrepreneur and one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer a Web site. In the ], he helped pioneer ].

	==Early radio and TV career==

	Curry was born in ], but lived in ] from ] to ]. After a time working in Dutch ] under the ] "John Holdon", he got his big break in broadcasting as the host of the weekly ] ] '']''. He also hosted several other ] and ] programs for the ] broadcast station ].

	In 1986, Curry became a VJ for MTV. Besides making spot appearances between music videos, he was also host of the programs '']'' and '']''. While working for MTV, he also did radio work, including: ] host for the ] radio station ], and host of the national program '']''.

	==The Web and MTV.com==

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	In the late 1980s, before the World Wide Web, in the days of ], Curry began experimenting on the Net. He registered the then-unclaimed ] "mtv.com" in 1993 with the idea of being MTV's unofficial new voice on the Internet. Although sanctioned by ], when Adam left to start his company OnRamp, MTV sued him for the domain name, which led to an out-of-court settlement.

	Curry left MTV in 1994 and founded ], Inc., a Web design and hosting company. He eventually grew the company to 40 employees and sold it to ], Inc., another company that he co-founded. He became ] of THINK. In ], as the Internet was undergoing its legendary "bubble," the company made an ] on ] under the ticker symbol THNK. It subsequently grew to employ over 400 people and have offices in seven countries, and was absorbed into ], Inc. in a later merger.

	==Podcasting==

	As of ], Curry hosts a show on ], entitled "Adam Curry's PodShow," running from 6 to 10 p.m. ] on weekdays. Also in June of ] he started the ] podcast , a guide of podcasts for new listeners.

	There was some minor controversy caused by Curry made to ]'s podcasting article during 2005, which appeared to boost his role in the creation of podcasting by removing mention of early work by others . Curry later apologised, saying he had not understood how to use Misplaced Pages editing functions and had been unaware of some of the prior work done by ].

	==References==

	*Curry, Adam. (accessed May 8 2004, dated February 24 2002)
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	==External links==

	* - heavily contributed by Adam Curry
	* - Adam Curry's start up company dedicated to podcasting
	* Adam's own (almost) daily podcast
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	*"." In ''Wired Magazine''.
	*"." In ''Wired Magazine''.
	*{{imdb name\|id=1078505\|name=Adam Curry}}
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	*Adam Curry&rsquo;s at ]
	*Photos at Flickr
	* by Adam
	* - June 30 1994 article on Curry's loss of the MTV.com domain
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	* - Wiki Shownotes for Adam's Podcast
	* - a story about how Adam Curry edited articles about podcast in Misplaced Pages.
	* - story about Curry's editing of Misplaced Pages's podcasting entry

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Adam Curry (born September 3, 1964)