Cassette and VHS tapes once ruled the world of entertainment — but, just a half-century after they came on the scene, they’ve largely gone the way of the dodo. In 2025, digital media is king. Online ...

Lou Ottens, who put music lovers around the world on a path toward playlists and mixtapes by leading the invention of the first cassette tape, has died at age 94, according to media reports in the ...

Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor who gave the world the very first compact cassette tape, has died. Taylor spoke about the importance of cassette tapes to music stating, “Cassettes taught us how to use ...

Ottens, a former Philips engineer initially began working on the cassette tape in the early '60s. Years later it became a global phenomenon. During his career, he also played a significant role in the ...

The first-ever NYC Tape Fair is Sunday at Selva, an art gallery and record store in Bushwick. More than a dozen vendors will be selling rare, vintage VHS and cassette tapes, along with a few new ones.

This might sound like an old story. Something old surprisingly becomes cool again. Like what happened with vinyl, the music medium that was nearly obsolete before making an unexpected and triumphant ...

Described by some as “Europe’s biggest tech show”, the Berlin Radio Show has long been famous for exhibiting the next big thing in consumer electronics. In 1963, that was the compact audio cassette, ...