Abstract: In 1907, the Columbia Graphophone Co., an outgrowth of Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Laboratory Association, trademarked “Dictaphone” for its mechanical dictation machines. As a “dictator,” ...

In the 1920s, the recording industry faced a new medium that threatened to make it obsolete: commercial radio. Suddenly, stations around the country could broadcast music hundreds of miles in every ...

Today, it is hard to imagine a world without recorded audio, and for the most part that started with Edison’s invention of the phonograph. However, for most of its history, the phonograph was a ...

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Museum staff are "absolutely delighted" to have acquired the iconic painting His Master's Voice following a successful crowdfunding campaign. The artwork was painted by Francis Barraud in 1898 and ...

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...

BRIDGEPORT — One day, the 18 acres along Kossuth Street in the lower East Side could be the site of a minor league soccer stadium, a hotel and over 1,000 housing units. But first, developer Andre ...

Community Historian Jameson Lucas studies an 1800s graphophone on display, July 17, 2025 at the Carlsbad Museum. Photos and story by Adrian HeddenCarlsbad Current-Argusachedden@currentargus.com ...

If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...