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Norio Ohga, “Father of the CD,” dead at 81

April 25, 2011 by jamie

Just a brief note of sound design-y import: MSNBC reports that Norio Ohga, president of Sony in the 80s and early 90s and (nominally) "Father of the Compact Disc" has died of multiple organ failure.  He was 81. Ohga is generally cited as being the primary industry champion for the Compact Disc-Digital Audio system, the "Red Book" CD or just plain "audio CD" to you and me. It's … [Read more...]

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