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Spinner

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Media player
Founded	United States
Defunct	April 26, 2013 (2013-04-26)
Fate	Merged into LiveXLive
Headquarters	United States
Parent	AOL
Website	http://spinner.com

Spinner was an online music and entertainment service. An AOL Music property, it was acquired by AOL on June 1, 1999, along with Nullsoft for $400 million. Based in San Francisco, California, the website was the first Internet music service and was the largest by 2001, while offering promotional features from high-profile recording artists. In 2002, AOL combined Spinner with the former's Netscape portal to form Netscape Radio. Spinner broadcast over 100 radio stations, including Radio CMJ.

In 2008, Spinner was revamped by AOL as a music website aimed at the "music aficionado". The website offers exclusive interviews of recording artists, streams of albums and live performances, and a free music download daily.

Spinner, along with all AOL music sites, was abruptly shut down in April 2013. The URLs to all former AOL music sites, including Spinner, were re-directed to aolradio.slacker.com starting in August 2013. Several AOL Music blogs, along with Comics Alliance, were sold to Townsquare Media in June 2013.

References

1. Calhoun 2011, p. 102
2. Alderman 2002, p. 97
3. "AOL buys Spinner, Nullsoft for $400 million". CNET. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
4. Farivar, Cyrus (2017-07-03). "Winamp's woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
5. Khosrowpour 2006, p. 104
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7. Axford 2004, p. 214
8. "CMJ On Air". CMJ New Music Report. 79 (5): 29. March 15, 2004. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
9. Brung, Anthony (May 24, 2008). "The Billboard Q&A". Billboard. Vol. 120, no. 21. p. 23. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
10. "The Spinner Interview Posts". Spinner. Archived from the original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
11. "Mp3 Of The Day Posts". Spinner. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
12. "Updated: AOL Music, Spinner Shutting Down". Billboard. April 26, 2013. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
13. Sandoval, Greg (2013-04-26). "Large portion of Aol Music division shuttered". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
14. "Townsquare Acquires Various AOL Music Sites, Comics Alliance". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

Bibliography

• Alderman, John (July 11, 2002). Sonic Boom: Napster, Mp3, And The New Pioneers Of Music. Basic Books. ISBN 0738207772.
• Axford, Elizabeth C. (July 1, 2004). Song Sheets to Software: A Guide to Print Music, Software, and Web Sites for Musicians. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810850273.
• Calhoun, Scott, ed. (December 16, 2011). Exploring U2: Is This Rock 'n' Roll?. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0810881570.
• Fries, Bruce; Fries, Marty (April 26, 2005). Digital Audio Essentials. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 0596008562.
• Khosrowpour, Mehdi (April 3, 2006). Cases on Electronic Commerce Technologies and Applications. Idea Group Inc. ISBN 1599044021.

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