AOL Is Shutting Down AOL Music

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Post by jonathanjaeger » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 8:06 PM UTC

AOL Is Shutting Down AOL Music
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#2

Post by traeblain » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 8:48 PM UTC

WinAMP and ShoutCast are no longer a fit for AOL. This is most likely the writing on the wall for them. Sad because WinAMP is still a great product.

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#3

Post by iamtherockstar » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 8:58 PM UTC

I read the headline and thought that HR was literally watching Twitter while the internel jumbles were going on, and any employees tweeting about it were being fired. I thought "how innovative and terrible of HR." Turns out, the headline was just a bit weird.

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Post by nathanb » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 9:05 PM UTC

iamtherockstar wrote: post #3

I read the headline and thought that HR was literally watching Twitter while the internel jumbles were going on, and any employees tweeting about it were being fired. I thought "how innovative and terrible of HR." Turns out, the headline was just a bit weird.

I thought the same. Should probably read "AOL Is Shutting Down AOL Music And Spinner; Staff Live-Tweet the Whole Thing"

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Post by w1ntermute » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 9:07 PM UTC

traeblain wrote: post #2

WinAMP and ShoutCast are no longer a fit for AOL. This is most likely the writing on the wall for them. Sad because WinAMP is still a great product.

> I'm hearing that Winamp/SHOUTcast are still intact.

https://twitter.com/jherskowitz/statuses/327865634924933120

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Post by dkulchenko » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 9:10 PM UTC

nathanb wrote: post #4

iamtherockstar wrote: post #3

I read the headline and thought that HR was literally watching Twitter while the internel jumbles were going on, and any employees tweeting about it were being fired. I thought "how innovative and terrible of HR." Turns out, the headline was just a bit weird.

I thought the same. Should probably read "AOL Is Shutting Down AOL Music And Spinner; Staff Live-Tweet the Whole Thing"

The fact that they didn't write it that way makes it seem like a deliberately misleading headline.

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Post by Wilya » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 9:16 PM UTC

w1ntermute wrote: post #5

traeblain wrote: post #2

WinAMP and ShoutCast are no longer a fit for AOL. This is most likely the writing on the wall for them. Sad because WinAMP is still a great product.

> I'm hearing that Winamp/SHOUTcast are still intact. https://twitter.com/jherskowitz/statuses/327865634924933120

Yeah, but how long will it last ?

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Post by notmarkus » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 9:19 PM UTC

Live tweeting that you're getting fired seems like a terrible idea to me.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 9:20 PM UTC

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Post by astrodust » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 9:20 PM UTC

traeblain wrote: post #2

WinAMP and ShoutCast are no longer a fit for AOL. This is most likely the writing on the wall for them. Sad because WinAMP is still a great product.

WinAMP is a great product by the standards of 1998.