Spinner was an online music and entertainment service. An AOL Music property, it was acquired by AOL on June 1, 1999, along with

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for $400 million. 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. In 2002, AOL combined Spinner with the former's

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portal to form Netscape Radio. Spinner broadcast over 100 radio stations, including Radio CMJ.

History

In 2008, Spinner was revamped by AOL as a music website aimed at the "music aficionado". The website offers exclusive interviews of recording artists,

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of albums and live performances, and a free

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daily.

Shut down

Spinner, along with all AOL music sites, was abruptly shut down in April 2013. 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

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in June 2013.

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* Defunct software companies of the United States Internet radio in the United States Media players Internet properties established in 2006 Internet properties disestablished in 2013 {{US-software-company-stub