Launched in 2013 after an early buyout by Twitter, Vine quickly grew into one of the fastest growing platforms on the internet. The app created an entirely new category of online content: short, user-generated videos. It became the home of online creativity, birthed beloved memes and viral trends, and introduced a whole new generation of celebrity: the influencer. So, how did an app that was ten steps ahead die only three years after launch?

Credits:

Benedict Townsend - Host & Creator

Mary Goodhart - Producer & Creator

Kevyah Cardoso - Narrative & Creative Producer

Patrick Lee - Sound Design & Score

Chris Janes - Mix

Lucy Chisholm Batten - Legal

Sophie Snelling - Executive Producer

Al Riddel - Head of Factual Podcasts

Vicky Etchells - Director of Podcasts

Archive acknowledgments:

CBS Sunday Morning/'From 2005: Four young internet entrepreneurs'/CBS News

Jawed Karim/‘Me at the zoo’/YouTube

Channel 4 News Theme/‘Best Endeavours’/Alan Hawkshaw

Channel 4 News/’A year of Vine: the six second videos rivalling Twitter and Instagram’

The Fox News Channel Theme/‘The Five’

FOX 5/’CEO Chris Dessi Discusses Vine on Fox 5’/Brayden Shanks/The Fox News Channel

PacificRimVideoPress/’Vine Famous Jake Paul Interview about Getting Girls, High School, Fave Shoes & More!’

Pop Trigger/’Breaking: Twitter Officially Shutting Down Vine’

FOX 4 Now/’Twitter Kills Vine App’/The Fox News Channel

Sky News/’TikTok to be banned in the US from Sunday, Supreme Court rules’

BBC News/’Donald Trump’s inauguration set to take place’

NBC News/’TikTok is back up again in the U.S. following a shutdown overnight’

Mark Zuckerberg/’Mark Zuckerberg announces the end of Meta's fact-checking program in the United States’/Facebook

Artwork acknowledgments:

Cathleen Dovolis

Brandon Moore 

B Bowen

Nicholas Fraser

James Morosky

Ava Ryan

We promise that this is the last ever Daily Grind - and it's still in front of a live audience, where the numbers have grown slightly.

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It's the final Daily Grind - recorded in front of a live studio audience. Not only is there 14 whole people in attendance but Shaun is also joined by Neil Finn from Crowded House!

Crowded House are on tour across the UK this month in support of their critically acclaimed 8th album 'Gravity Stairs'.  Beginning on 8th October, the band will visit Manchester, Glasgow, London, Brighton, Dublin, Bournemouth, and Birmingham. Having sold over 15 million records worldwide, the band has now been captivating audiences for nearly four decades. 

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Thanks to Jon Sopel for coming on. This is the last episode before the last episode which will come out next Monday. We're gonna do a mini episode tomorrow that explains this. So in many ways that will be the last before the last. So does that make sense. This is the last one before the mini one which will be the last before the mini one and then we will come back and be another podcast that's the same sort of podcast but not as often. I can't understand why you're finding this so hard to follow.

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For our final edition of 'It's been a week', we're joined by the one and only Rag'n'Bone Man to discuss the highs and lows of life on tour, fatherhood and how to respond when Denzel Washington pretends to know who you are.

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Pot Noodles been trending on the Tok, we have a bit of feedback.  Ben also gives his thanks. 

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Ben is running the London Marathon for the MS Society. If you want to donate you can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/maraben

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A big announcement from Shaun and Ben regarding the future of the Daily Grind...

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