Napster, a free, online music-sharing platform was created 25 years ago. It didn’t last long, but we look at how it made lasting changes to the way we consume music.
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AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:
Listening to music was radically different in 1999. There was no streaming back then, so you were expected to buy the albums you wanted. August Brown covers the music industry for the Los Angeles Times. He remembers what it took to listen to a song outside radio stations or on music TV channels like MTV. You needed to buy compact discs or cassettes.
AUGUST