Adam Curry Adam Curry (born September 3, 1964) is a United States-born celebrity best known for his stint from 1987 to 1994 as a VJ on the premier music video channel MTV. Since the mid-1990s, he has been active on the Internet, particularly the World Wide Web, since becoming one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer a Web site. Curry was born in Washington, DC, but lived in Amsterdam from 1972 to 1987. There he got his first break in broadcasting as the host of the daily pop-music television program CountDown. He also hosted several other radio and television programs for the Netherlands broadcast station Veronica. In 1987, Curry became a VJ for MTV. Besides making spot appearances between music videos, he was also host of the program Top 20 Countdown. While working for MTV, he also did radio work, including: drive-time host for the New York City radio station WHTZ, and host of the national program HitLine USA. In the early 1990s, as the World Wide Web was just beginning to gain mainstream attention, Curry began experimenting on the Net. He registered the then-unclaimed domain name "mtv.com" with the idea of being MTV's unofficial new voice on the Web. Although sanctioned by MTV Networks, when Adam left to start his company OnRamp, MTV sued him for the domain name, which led to an out of court settlement. Curry left MTV in 1994 and founded OnRamp, Inc., a Web design and hosting company. He eventually grew the company to 40 employees and sold it to THINK New Ideas, Inc., another company that he co-founded. He became Chief Technology Officer of THINK. In 1996, as the Internet was undergoing its legendary "bubble," the company made an initial public offering on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol THNK. It subsequently grew to employ over 400 people and have offices in seven countries, and was absorbed into Answerthink, Inc. in a later merger. Curry lives in Belgium and is preparing now to settle in the UK. Adam is a key player in the development and promotion of Podcasting, and he produces and presents "The Daily Source Code", a daily Podcast (i.e. an audio blog post in mp3). He was also a key figure at BloggerCon 2004, held at Stanford Law School. References Curry, Adam. "Personal Information about Adam Curry" (24 Feb. 2002). Adam Curry's Weblog. http://www.curry.com/stories/storyReader%2427 (accessed 8 May 2004). External links Adam Curry's Weblog SBS 6: Adam's Family Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html To view or edit this article at Wikipedia go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curry