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In the 1980s, jukeboxes with 45s gave way to CD jukeboxes, then a generation later, to streaming ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Dave Madore owns the arcade and jukeboxes inside the restaurant, where he was supposed to be Wednesday night to fix a jukebox that was on the fritz.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2023

At that time, when pianists still played the role that jukeboxes would soon take over, Pittsburgh was turning out future jazz stars as reliably as it was generating steel.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2022

On the road, his sidemen would rib him as he fed jukeboxes to hear weepers like “Your Cheatin’ Heart.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2021

When other entrepreneurs created jukeboxes by arranging for a phonograph to play popular music at the drop of a coin, Edison objected to this debasement, which apparently detracted from serious office use of his invention.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond