media player fate shut down merged into slacker founded united states defunct april 26 2013 2013 04 26 headquarters united states parent aol website www.spinner.com spinner was a music and entertainment website 1 originally 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 edit 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 edit 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 . external links edit official website v t e aol digital media aol.com autoblog cambio engadget go90 makers moviefone on style me pretty techcrunch the huffington post advertising advertising platforms advertising.com be on convertro millennial media one by aol relegence verizon digital media services communication alto mail mail reader search dmoz mapquest search software pc aim desktop shield browser mobile kanvas pip sage vivv discontinued or sold explorer fanhouse gamedaily hometown joystiq openride patch media propeller seed spinner corporate verizon communications acquisitions criticism history this article about a music website is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this united states software corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spinner website & oldid 744128649 categories defunct software companies of the united statesinternet radio in the united statesmedia playersinternet properties disestablished in 2013entertainment website stubsmusic publication stubsunited states software company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 08 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view