World’s first CD manufactured at Philips factory near Hanover, Germany, on August 17, 1982 Philips and Sony co-developed CD – over 200 billion CDs sold in last 25 years CD ushered in shift from ...

The man known as the 'father of the CD' has died aged 81. Former Sony president Norio Ohga recognised the potential of the CD’s superior sound quality from the start. In the 1970s, sceptics scoffed ...

Former Sony President Norio Ohga died over the weekend at the age of 81. Ohga was the head of Sony when the company introduced the compact disc to the world. That was three decades ago, when people ...

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Well, it's probably nearing the end of an era. Of course, it's not totally unexpected, and analysts in the industry have seen this day coming for years. The CD is becoming a relic, and children born ...

Memorializing the Compact Disc. Once upon a time, the CD was the ubiquitous music platform. Our story outlines how the disc-based music technology was adopted, loved and eventually abandoned by a ...

After more than a decade of work, building on an idea first posited in 1931 for a device known as the “optophone,” Sony of Japan and Philips of The Netherlands, finally arrived at a new music storage ...

SiliconUser has a great piece on the history of the Compact Disc. The most popular music medium to date, the CD actually has quite a complex history that makes for a great read. Turns out the idea for ...

Norio Ohga, the Sony executive who shaped Sony into a media empire and oversaw the development of the compact disc, has died of in Tokyo of multiple organ failure. He was 81. Ohga was a former opera ...

Compact discs were sold as the durable alternative to vinyl - but anyone who opens the case of an ageing CD may be in for a nasty surprise. Earlier this year, US web designer Dan Koster found 15% of ...

Exactly 25 years ago the world's first compact disc was produced at a Philips factory in Germany, sparking a global music revolution. More than 200 billion CDs have been sold worldwide since then and ...