{{Short description|Defunct music and entertainment website}} {{Infobox company | logo = Spinner logo.png | type = Subsidiary | foundation = United States | location = United States | industry = Media player | parent = AOL | website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20130423110439/http://www.spinner.com/|spinner.com}} | fate = Merged into LiveXLive | defunct = {{End date|2013|04|26}} }} '''Spinner''' was an online music and entertainment service.<ref>{{harvnb|Calhoun|2011|p=102}}</ref> An AOL Music property, it was acquired by AOL on June 1, 1999, along with Nullsoft for $400 million.<ref>{{harvnb|Alderman|2002|p=97}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=AOL buys Spinner, Nullsoft for $400 million|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/aol-buys-spinner-nullsoft-for-400-million/|access-date=2020-08-25|website=CNET|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Farivar|first=Cyrus|date=2017-07-03|title=Winamp's woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/winamp-how-greatest-mp3-player-undid-itself/|access-date=2020-08-25|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Khosrowpour">{{harvnb|Khosrowpour|2006|p=104}}</ref> In 2002, AOL combined Spinner with the former's Netscape portal to form Netscape Radio.<ref>{{harvnb|Fries|2005|p=110}}</ref> Spinner broadcast over 100 radio stations,<ref>{{harvnb|Axford|2004|p=214}}</ref> including Radio CMJ.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6hV6g87Is-MC&pg=PA29|title=CMJ On Air|journal=CMJ New Music Report|page=29|date=March 15, 2004|volume=79|issue=5|access-date=2012-09-23}}</ref>
== History == In 2008, Spinner was revamped by AOL as a music website aimed at the "music aficionado".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Brung|first=Anthony|date=May 24, 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VxQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23|title=The Billboard Q&A|magazine=Billboard|page=23|issue=21|volume=120|access-date=2012-09-23}}</ref> The website offers exclusive interviews of recording artists,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/category/the-spinner-interview/|title=The Spinner Interview Posts|publisher=Spinner|access-date=2012-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127010344/http://www.spinner.com/category/the-spinner-interview/|archive-date=2012-11-27}}</ref> streams of albums and live performances, and a free music download daily.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/category/mp3-of-the-day/|title=Mp3 Of The Day Posts|publisher=Spinner|access-date=2012-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920040831/http://www.spinner.com/category/mp3-of-the-day/|archive-date=2012-09-20}}</ref>
== Shut down == Spinner, along with all AOL music sites, was abruptly shut down in April 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/1559947/updated-aol-music-spinner-shutting-down|title=Updated: AOL Music, Spinner Shutting Down|magazine=Billboard|language=en|date=April 26, 2013|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sandoval|first=Greg|date=2013-04-26|title=Large portion of Aol Music division shuttered|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/26/4271212/is-aol-music-shutting-down|access-date=2020-08-25|website=The Verge|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name=billboard-tsaol>{{cite web|title=Townsquare Acquires Various AOL Music Sites, Comics Alliance|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/1565601/townsquare-acquires-various-aol-music-sites-comics|work=Billboard.biz|access-date=12 February 2014}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Bibliography == * {{cite book|last=Alderman|first=John|date=July 11, 2002|title=Sonic Boom: Napster, Mp3, And The New Pioneers Of Music|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=0738207772}} * {{cite book|last=Axford|first=Elizabeth C.|date=July 1, 2004|title=Song Sheets to Software: A Guide to Print Music, Software, and Web Sites for Musicians|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=0810850273}} * {{cite book|editor-last=Calhoun|editor-first=Scott|date=December 16, 2011|title=Exploring U2: Is This Rock 'n' Roll?|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0810881570}} * {{cite book|last1=Fries|first1=Bruce|last2=Fries|first2=Marty|date=April 26, 2005|title=Digital Audio Essentials|url=https://archive.org/details/digitalaudioesse0000frie|url-access=registration|publisher=O'Reilly Media|isbn=0596008562}} * {{cite book|last=Khosrowpour|first=Mehdi|date=April 3, 2006|title=Cases on Electronic Commerce Technologies and Applications|publisher=Idea Group Inc.|isbn=1599044021}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20130423110439/http://www.spinner.com/}}
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Category:Defunct software companies of the United States Category:Internet radio in the United States Category:Media players Category:Internet properties established in 2006 Category:Internet properties disestablished in 2013