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{{Infobox company
#REDIRECT [[AOL]]▼
| logo = Spinner logo.png
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = [[United States]]
| location = United States
| industry = [[Media player (application software)|Media player]]
| website = {{URL|http://spinner.com}}
| fate = Merged into [[Slacker (music service)|Slacker]]
| defunct = {{End date|2013|04|26}}
}}
'''Spinner''' was a music and entertainment service,<ref>Calhoun (2011), p. 102.</ref> founded by Dave Samuel and Josh Felser in 1996.<ref>Forbes (2009), p. 159.</ref> An AOL Music property, it was acquired by [[AOL]] on June 1, 1999, along with [[Nullsoft]] for $400 million.<ref>Alderman (2002), p. 97.</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">Khosrowpour (2006), p. 104.</ref> In 2002, AOL combined Spinner with the former's [[Netscape (web browser)|Netscape]] portal to form Netscape Radio.<ref>Fries (2005), p. 110.</ref> Spinner broadcast over 100 radio stations,<ref>Axford (2004), p. 214.</ref> including [[CMJ|Radio CMJ]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6hV6g87Is-MC&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=CMJ On Air|journal=[[CMJ|CMJ New Music Report]]|page=29|date=March 15, 2004|volume=79|issue=5|accessdate=2012-09-23}}</ref>
In 2008, Spinner was revamped by AOL as a music website aimed at the "music aficionado".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Brung|first=Anthony|date=May 24, 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VxQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Billboard Q&A|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=23|issue=21|volume=120|accessdate=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|accessdate=2012-09-23}}</ref> [[streaming media|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|accessdate=2012-09-23}}</ref>
Spinner, along with all AOL music sites, was abruptly shut down in April 2013.<ref>http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/1559947/updated-aol-music-spinner-shutting-down</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|accessdate=12 February 2014}}</ref>
==References==
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== 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=0810881578}}
* {{cite book|last=Forbes|first=William|date=October 19, 2009|title=Behavioural Finance|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=0470028041}}
* {{cite book|last1=Fries|first1=Bruce|last2=Fries|first2=Marty|date=April 26, 2005|title=Digital Audio Essentials|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}}
{{AOL Inc.}}
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[[Category:Media players]]
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