Adam Clark Curry(born September 3, 1964) is an Americanpodcaster,announcer,Internet entrepreneurandmediapersonality, known for his stint as aVJonMTVand being one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer Web sites.[3]Also known for co-hosting theNo Agendashow, in the 2000s, he first became involved inpodcasting,and has been called the 'Podfather' because of his efforts.[4]
Adam Curry | |
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 Curry in his home studio in 2024 | |
| Born | September 3, 1964 Arlington, Virginia,U.S. |
| Known for | |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[1] |
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| Children | 1 |
| Call sign | K5ACC[2] |
| Website | curry |
Early broadcast career
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Curry was born inArlington, Virginia,but lived inAmstelveen,Netherlands, from 1972 to 1987. After a time working in Dutchpirate radioat Radio Picasso in Amstelveen andRadio Decibelin Amsterdam in the early 1980s under thepseudonym"John Holden", he got a break in broadcasting as the host of the Dutch weeklypop-musictelevision programCountdown,and the English version of the same show, which was broadcast on pan-European music channelMusic Box.He also hosted several otherradioandtelevisionprograms for theDutchbroadcast stationVeronica.Aside from Countdown, in the Netherlands Adam Curry is mostly known for his part in the Curry and Van Inkel radioshow (together with Dutch DJ Jeroen van Inkel), broadcast on Radio 3 for Veronica between 19:00 and 22:00 on Friday.
In 1987, Curry became a VJ for MTV. Besides making spot appearances between music videos, he was also host of the programsHeadbangers BallandMTV Top 20 Video Countdownin which he interviewed stars likeMichael JacksonandPaul McCartney.While working for MTV, he also did radio work, includingdrive-time host for theNew York Cityradio stationWHTZ,and host of the national programHitLine USA.
Curry hosted the radio countdown show "Adam Curry's Top 30 Hitlist" for Entertainment Radio Networks from November 1991 to June 1994.[5]
Web and MTV
editCurry registered the then-unclaimeddomain name"mtv" in 1993 with the idea of beingMTV's unofficial new voice on theInternet.Although this move was sanctioned by his superiors atMTV Networksat the time, when Curry left to start his own web-portal design and hosting company, OnRamp Inc, MTV subsequently sued him for the domain name.[6][citation needed]
OnRamp eventually grew to 4,000 employees and was sold to Think New Ideas Inc., another company that he co-founded, becomingChief Technology Officerof Think. In 1996, as the Internet was undergoing its "bubble",the company made aninitial public offeringonNASDAQunder the ticker symbol THNK. It subsequently grew to employ over 7,400 people, with offices in seven countries, and was absorbed into Answerthink Inc. in a latermerger.
In 2005, Curry founded a video-sharing site called PodShow, which later changed its name toMevio,with Ron Bloom. In May 2008, Mevio claimed to have reached 9 million unique visitors. It offers advertisers "brand-safe" content on a large scale. It raised a US$15 million third round in July 2008, bringing the total amount it has raised since its launch to over US$38 million.[7]Mevio later rebranded as Bitesize Entertainment[8]and ultimately BiteSizeTV, located inLos Angeles,California.[9]
Enterprises in the U.S. and Europe
editAfter selling his business in the United States, Curry and his family moved to the Netherlands in 1999, where Curry hosted a morning talk/music show forRadio Veronica.He also landed various television assignments and his family briefly starred in the reality showAdam's Family.[10]
Curry and two business partners founded the multimedia company United Resources of Jamby in 1999. It was to act as an incubator and cultivator for new Internet-related businesses. The business was ultimately unsuccessful. Curry's participation inKennisnet,another venture to introduce the Internet to Dutch schools, ended in a bitter argument and lawsuits.[11] Sportus.nl, an online webshop in collaboration with Dutch athletes likeMarcel Wouda,Jacco Eltingh,Ron Zwerverand Daniëlle Overgaag, started in 1999, went bankrupt in 2001.[12] Another content exchange project, Freedom Controller,[13]was cancelled in 2002.[14]
In 2000 he and business partner Simon Cavendish, a participant in his earlier ventures, founded the RotorJet company to offer helicopter services. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2005. In the subsequent dispute, Cavendish seized the assets of the company, and in April 2005, Curry was ordered by a Dutch court to repay approximately US$3 million that he had withdrawn from RotorJet.[15]
In 2002 he produced and starred in the reality soapAdam's Family: een kijkje in het leven van de familie Curry (A Glimpse into the Life of the Curry Family)which was aired by the Dutch SBS6 network.
On June 14, 2010, Curry was interviewed byHoward SternonThe Howard Stern Showabout being anInternet Entrepreneur.During the interview, Curry discussed a previous investment of $65,000 inAskJeeves,which he had forgotten until his lawyer called with news of a windfall. “That went public and all of a sudden I had $150 million,” he explained.[16]
Podcasting
editCurry founded PodShow, nowMevio,with his business partner Ron Bloom, in January 2005. PodShow is a podcast promotions and advertising company that encompasses the Podshow Podcast Network, the Podcast Delivery Network, and thePodsafe Music Network.Some of Podshow's top podcasts are Curry's ownDaily Source Code,The Dawn and Drew Show,andGeekBrief.TV.[17]
From June 2005 to May 2007, Curry hosted a weekday evening show onSirius Satellite RadiocalledAdam Curry's PodShow.[18][19]
Since October 2007, he has hosted the twice-weekly podcast theNo AgendaShow withJohn C. Dvorak,discussing recent news whilst deconstructing mainstream news media.
Curry has promoted his podcasting endeavors. He promoted his podcastDaily Source CodeinSecond Lifeunder the name 'Adam Neumann',[20]along with a Second Life island called Podshow Island. Curry used podcasting to endorse 2008 Republican presidential hopefulRon Paul.[21]He also uses his show to discuss alternative takes on topics in the daily news, as well as conspiracy theories such asFree energy suppression[22]and the9/11 Truth Movement.
Curry has sometimes been credited for popularizing the podcast medium.Annalee Newitzsaid inWiredthat "Every new medium needs a celebrity, and Curry is happy to fill that role."[23]
On March 4, 2020, Curry appeared onJoe Rogan's podcastThe Joe Rogan Experience[24]and later re-appeared on September 8, 2020. During the September show, he discussed havingTourette syndrome.Curry returned to the podcast for a third time on July 6, 2021. Adam Curry made a fourth appearance on the show on January 8, 2022, and a fifth on January 25, 2023.[citation needed]
Podcast Index
editAdam Curry started a podcasting directory calledPodcast Indexin 2020. The platform is anopen-sourcedatabaseofpodcaststhat, as of 2024, has over four million entries in its database.[25][26]The service's software is licensed under the openMIT License[27][28]and the entire database is downloadable inSQLiteformat.[29]Podcast Index collectsWeb feedsof podcasts that developers can then use in their projects and applications, for example, the podcast player "podchaser".[30][28]
Creative Commons licensing
editIn February 2006, Curry sued the Dutch tabloidWeekendfor reprinting photos from hisFlickrpage and publishing details about his daughter.[31]The photos were released under a version of theCreative Commonslicensethat forbids commercial use and requires acknowledgement, but the tabloid printed a few of them without contacting Curry.[32]The verdict did not award Curry anydamages,but forbade the tabloid from reprinting the photos in the future, setting a fine of €1,000 for each subsequent violation. It was one of the first times the license was tested in court.[32]
In May 2009, Curry posted on his blog that another Dutch tabloid had published another Creative Commons-licensed photo from Curry's Flickr account.[33]After Curry asserted Creative Commons license requirements, the publisher settled on Curry's terms.[34]
Personal life
editSince 1999, Curry has, at one time or another, lived in Belgium;GuildfordandLondon,England;San FranciscoandLos Angeles,California, andAustin, Texas,U.S.
He is fluent in both English and Dutch.
Curry was married to Dutch television/radio personalityPatricia Paayfrom 1989 to 2009. They have a daughter, Christina.
In July 2012, Curry marriedMicky Hoogendijk.On January 29, 2015, Curry announced on theNo Agendashow that he and Hoogendijk had separated.[35]Hoogendijk and Curry divorced in 2015.
Curry married his girlfriend of four years, Tina Snider (dubbed "The Keeper" by John C. Dvorak on theNo Agenda Show), on May 19, 2019, in Austin, Texas.[36]
Curry is the nephew of formerCIAofficial andUnited States Ambassador to Korea,Donald Gregg,whom he calls "Uncle Don" in his podcast.[37]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"A Chat with Adam Curry".verbosity.Retrieved2 August2011.
- ^"K5ACC Callsign Page".
- ^Harmanci, Reyhan (17 May 2006)."How an ex-VJ transformed conventional media into the vox populi. Ever hear of podcasting?".sfgate.Hearst Communications Inc.Retrieved11 October2015.
- ^"LAtimes".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-08-27.Retrieved2007-09-09.
- ^Curry, Adam (30 June 1994)."A warning about ERN network!".redwaveradio.Retrieved13 July2018.
- ^"MTV vs. Curry".Archivedfrom the original on 1 April 2007.Retrieved2007-03-28.
- ^"Mevio, Formerly PodShow, Raises $158 Million Third Round".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-10-02.Retrieved2008-07-09.
- ^"Mevio becomes Bitesize Entertainment".19 December 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 2 January 2015.Retrieved2 January2015.
- ^"Bloom settles in Hollywood with BiteSizeTV".HuffPost.22 September 2014.Retrieved2 January2015.
- ^"Adam's Family".IMDb.Retrieved2006-12-05.
- ^Wilbert de Vries (2003-05-16)."Problems for Kennisnet"(in Dutch).Retrieved2007-03-28.
- ^"Nieuwe sportwinkel mikt op Europese markt"(in Dutch). Sportus.nl. December 16, 1999. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-02-28.Retrieved2006-12-05.
- ^Ad Mulder (2001-01-23)."Interview with Adam Curry where he speaks about his Peer2Peer video sharing program Freedom Controller"(in Dutch).Retrieved2007-03-28.
- ^Maarten Reijnders (2002-12-19)."Freedom Controller canceled, Jamby B.V. chapter elevened"(in Dutch).Retrieved2007-03-28.
- ^"Dutch Legal document on the RotorJet case"(in Dutch). Archived fromthe original(DOC)on 2007-09-29.Retrieved2007-03-28.
- ^howard-archives (2010-06-14)."Adam Curry, Creator of the Podcast, Calls Into the Stern Show".Howard Stern.Retrieved2023-03-03.
- ^Miller, Martin (2006-05-25)."'Podfather' plots a radio hit of his own: LA Times ".PodShow, Inc.Archived fromthe originalon 2008-08-27.Retrieved2006-12-05.
- ^"SIRIUS Satellite radio partnering with Adam Curry"(Press release). SIRIUS Satellite Radio.Retrieved2007-03-28.
- ^"Sirius and Podshow end their contract".April 24, 2007.Retrieved2007-11-21.
- ^Sekiya, Baron (2006-05-03)."Adam Curry discovers Second Life".MediaBaron. Archived fromthe originalon 4 November 2006.Retrieved2006-11-28.
- ^Lewin, James (28 December 2007)."Podfather Adam Curry Backing Ron Paul".Archived fromthe originalon 31 May 2008.
- ^Daily Source Code Episode 781, "Confessions of a multimedia hitman"
- ^"Adam Curry Wants to Make You an iPod Radio Star".Wired.March 2005.Archivedfrom the original on 9 February 2007.Retrieved2007-02-11.
- ^@joerogan (4 Mar 2020)."Patient zero in the global podcast infection! The original! The Podfather, Adam Curry! It was an honor and a privilege to sit down with the OG. I knew it was going to be fun, but it exceeded even my lofty... https://instagram /p/B9U1KrqlBm5/"(Tweet).Retrieved2020-09-07– viaTwitter.
- ^"Podcastindex.org".podcastindex.org.Retrieved2022-04-23.
- ^"The Podfather launches a new, open podcast directory".podnews.net.2020-09-08.Retrieved2020-09-08.
- ^"Podcastindex.org".GitHub.Retrieved2022-04-23.
- ^ab"What is Podcast Index? | Acast Learning Center".learn.acast.Retrieved2024-04-15.
- ^Podcastindex-org/database,Podcastindex.org, 2024-04-05,retrieved2024-04-15
- ^"API Docs | PodcastIndex.org".podcastindex-org.github.io.Retrieved2022-04-23.
- ^Garlick, Mia (2006-03-16)."Creative Commons Licenses Enforced in Dutch Court".Creative Commons.Retrieved2006-12-05.
- ^abMarsen, Ingrid (March 21, 2006)."Creative Commons license upheld by court".cnet.Retrieved2009-03-28.
- ^Curry, Adam (2009-05-29)."Defending Creative Commons, Again".Archived fromthe originalon 6 June 2009.Retrieved2009-05-31.
- ^Linksvayer, Mike (18 June 2009)."Adam Curry wins again!".Creative Commons.Retrieved20 September2013.
- ^Curry, Adam."No Agenda Episode 691 -" Ten Minute Timer "".curry.Adam Curry.Retrieved30 January2015.
- ^Curry, Adam."No Agenda Episode 1138 -" Pregnant Person "".curry.Adam Curry.Retrieved21 May2019.
- ^"Adam Curry's Weblog".Radio-weblogs. 2003-07-19.Retrieved2013-09-20.
- Podshow Pressroom(accessed July 14, 2006)
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