We're hitting 'rewind' on the Billboard archives. By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director While the use of magnetic tape to record and play music dates back to the 1930s, it wasn’t until 1963, at the ...

According to today’s New York Times, "Say So Long to an Old Companion: Cassette Tapes," the cassette tape is dead. Though long anticipated, the end came quickly. The cassette is survived by the CD ...

Taylor Swift titled one of her albums 1989, but when her new record Midnights arrived this week, it really did feel like that year: Fans were able to buy it on LP, CD, and — find that old boom box — a ...

The inventor of the CD and cassette tapes has passed away. Lou Ottens, who is credited with not only inventing the cassette tape but also helping develop the CD, died at his home in the Netherlands ...

If you are anything like me, you enjoy purchasing music that is tangible. I used to love the thrill of buying a new CD and thumbing through the insert, reading the lyrics and looking at photos. But ...

Lou Ottens, the Dutch engineer who invented the audio cassette tape, breathed his last on March 6 in Duizel, the Netherlands. He was 94 years old. Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad first reported his ...

The production of cassette tapes has temporarily been delayed due to a global shortage of the materials used to make them. READ MORE: Mark, My Words: the real reason I hate the cassette revival ...