When the Walkman debuted 40 years ago this month, it sold for $200 — "over $700 in today’s money, as pricey as a smartphone," Smithsonian mag writes.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/walkman-invention-40-years-ago-launched-cultural-revolution-180972552/ …
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As best i can tell, The New York Times did not cover the Walkman at all until two years after its invention, when
@NYTStyles had a piece comparing headphone people to boom box people https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1981/04/17/087747.html?pageNumber=30 …pic.twitter.com/IR2GUa4v6X
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Here's an earlier one, don't listen to Timesmachine's lies.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/07/07/112155487.html?pageNumber=28 …
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Replying to @nytryan @NYTStyles
it's a tricksy fellow
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