Spinner (website)
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media player |
| Founded | United States |
| Defunct | April 26, 2013 |
| Fate | Shut down, merged into Slacker |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Parent | AOL |
| Website | www |
Spinner was a music and entertainment website.[1] It was founded as an Internet radio website during the late 1990s.[2] An AOL Music property, it was acquired by AOL on June 1, 1999, along with Nullsoft for $400 million.[3] 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.[4] In 2002, AOL combined Spinner with the former's Netscape portal to form Netscape Radio.[5] Spinner broadcast over 100 radio stations,[6] including Radio CMJ.[7]
In 2008, Spinner was revamped by AOL as a music website aimed at the "music aficionado".[8] The website offers exclusive interviews of recording artists,[9] streams of albums and live performances, and a free music download daily.[10]
Spinner, along with all AOL music sites, was abruptly shut down in April 2013.[11] 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.[12]
References
- ^ Calhoun (2011), p. 102.
- ^ Forbes (2009), p. 159.
- ^ Alderman (2002), p. 97.
- ^ Khosrowpour (2006), p. 104.
- ^ Fries (2005), p. 110.
- ^ Axford (2004), p. 214.
- ^ "CMJ On Air". CMJ New Music Report. 79 (5): 29. March 15, 2004. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- ^ Brung, Anthony (May 24, 2008). "The Billboard Q&A". Billboard. 120 (21): 23. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- ^ "The Spinner Interview Posts". Spinner. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- ^ "Mp3 Of The Day Posts". Spinner. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/1559947/updated-aol-music-spinner-shutting-down
- ^ "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 0810881578.
- Forbes, William (October 19, 2009). Behavioural Finance. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0470028041.
- 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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