Wikipedia is still around. It just celebrated its 25^th birthday a few weeks ago. It may have been one of the first times we saw what would become a common theme: a web-based platform unleashing the potential of a latent market by connecting an open community of suppliers (in this case, editors and contributors) and an audience of consumers at scale. It would be repeated by Uber, Airbnb and others.

On Sunday night, sportscaster Bill Simmons will go live on Netflix for the first time. The episode marks the unofficial beginning of Netflix’s move into podcasting. Netflix’s embrace of podcasting is a major moment for the service. Yet it’s a far bigger moment for the podcasting industry, which is praying the experiment will work and turn Netflix into a major new buyer.