VP of Amazon Music Steve Boom tells his story starting out as an engineer at Compaq, spending years in Europe doing business development for Yahoo! before moving back to San Francisco, and ultimately joining Amazon Music. Boom talks about how Amazon Music is changing the landscape by delivering a more natural and intuitive music listening experience on Alexa.  

 

07:00 - Programming at Compaq

14:00 - 10 years at Yahoo! London to SF

22:00 - Amazon Music begins

27:00 - Bezos' involvement and the decision making process at Amazon

33:30 - Echo launch after Prime Music

55:00 - Alexa as a member of the family and Amazon Music Unlimited

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<p>VP of Amazon Music Steve Boom tells his story starting out as an engineer at Compaq, spending years in Europe doing business development for Yahoo! before moving back to San Francisco, and ultimately joining Amazon Music. Boom talks about how Amazon Music is changing the landscape by delivering a more natural and intuitive music listening experience on Alexa.  

 

07:00 - Programming at Compaq

14:00 - 10 years at Yahoo! London to SF

22:00 - Amazon Music begins

27:00 - Bezos' involvement and the decision making process at Amazon

33:30 - Echo launch after Prime Music

55:00 - Alexa as a member of the family and Amazon Music Unlimited</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

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Steve Boom

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