Conversation

Sad to hear about the passing of media historian Jonathan Sterne (@jonathansterne), author of books like "The audible past" and "MP3: The meaning of a format".
https://dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/farewell-to-jonathan-sterne/
His MP3 book was certainly an inspiration for our Spotify book (and more generally for the critique of today's digital media landscape). I also wrote a theoretical critique of the way Sterne (as well as others) used the concepts of commodity and commodification. But never met him.