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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 ]. | |||
| '''Adam Curry''' (born ], ]) | |||
| ==Early radio and TV career== | ==Early radio and TV career== | ||
| Curry was born in ], | |||
| 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== | |||
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Adam Curry (born September 3, 1964)
Early radio and TV career
Curry was born in Arlington, USA,