The sound was uniform and universal: lush string arrangements (almost never with vocals) of popular songs and show tunes, with minimal announcements. The stations called it "beautiful music" or "easy ...

You don’t have to stick to one music or podcast app. With the Sonos app and a Wi-Fi connection, your speaker can connect to dozens of services with just a few taps. I’ve contributed to PCMag since ...

It was a great Q3 for audio in America: daily listening ticked up, podcasts and sports stations surged in streaming, and at the center of it all, traditional radio continues to call the tune on the ...

Beyond the physical media itself, there were also the physical acts of listening to music. There was the moment you carefully dropped the needle between two tracks, used a pencil to wind a cassette ...