It looks like AOL Music is shutting down. Dan Reilly, the editor of a music site owned by AOL called Spinner, is apparently tweeting from an HR meeting where his staff got the news.
Well, we all just got laid off. AOL Music is finished.
— Dan Reilly (@danreilly11) April 26, 2013
The Spinner account on Twitter also appears to have tweeted something along the same lines, according to a retweet: “All of AOL Music is shutting down. Thank you all for your support. We had such a blast.” This tweet has since been removed.
Well, we all just got laid off. AOL Music is finished.
— Dan Reilly (@danreilly11) April 26, 2013
The music and entertainment site Spinner was acquired by AOL on June 1, 1999, along with Nullsoft for $400 million. Based in San Francisco, California, it is largely considered to be the first Internet music service.
In 2002, AOL combined Spinner with its Netscape portal to form Netscape Radio and in 2008, Spinner was revamped by AOL as a music site, featuring exclusive interviews of recording artists, streams of albums and live performances, and a free music download daily.
We have contacted AOL for more information. We will update this story if we hear back.
More to follow.
