Spinner (website)

Spinner was an online music and entertainment service.^[1] An AOL Music property, it was acquired by AOL on June 1, 1999, along with Nullsoft for $400 million.^[2][3][4] 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.^[5] In 2002, AOL combined Spinner with the former's Netscape portal to form Netscape Radio.^[6] Spinner broadcast over 100 radio stations,^[7] including Radio CMJ.^[8]

Spinner

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

In 2008, Spinner was revamped by AOL as a music website aimed at the "music aficionado".^[9] The website offers exclusive interviews of recording artists,^[10] streams of albums and live performances, and a free music download daily.^[11]

Spinner, along with all AOL music sites, was abruptly shut down in April 2013.^[12][13] 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.^[14]

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
6. Fries 2005, p. 110 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFFries2005 (help)
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. 120 (21): 23. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
10. . Spinner. Archived from the original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
11. . 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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