America Online Inc.'s Spinner.com Unveils All New Spinner.com 3.0.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1999-- Complete Redesign of its Site and Music Players to Offer Greater Customization and Richer Content for the Complete Internet Music Experience; Debuts Industry's First Toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the Player for Convenient, Interactive Control of Music Listening America Online See AOL. , Inc.'s Spinner.com, the first and largest Internet music service, today announced the launch of its completely redesigned and enriched Internet music site and players, Spinner version 3.0, to provide a more customized Internet music experience. Spinner 3.0 has a new look with a streamlined user interface that allows easier interaction between the site and players, and offers several new features, including a "Toolbar" player, music news and customizable preferences. Internet music is revolutionizing the way in which in the world receives music. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
"Spinner 3.0 provides next-generation tools for creating an all-encompassing online music experience catered to individual tastes," said Ted Leonsis, president of AOL's Interactive Properties Group. "The fresh look and new features secure Spinner's leadership position, and reflect our promise of building the ultimate online music arena, where users can listen to music, learn more about it and purchase on the spot." "We're beginning to move our award-winning service to the next level by taking the largest collection of professionally programmed streaming music channels and adding features that allow users greater control over their listening experience," said Josh Felser, general manager of Spinner.com and Nullsoft, Inc. Felser added, "In the time since Spinner.com's launch from thedj.com in July 1998, we've grown more than 1,000 percent and have added dozens of music channels, e-commerce possibilities and best of breed partnerships. "Spinner 3.0 allows us to go a step further, offering the industry's first Toolbar Player -- a thin, streamlined application that can be minimized to sit at the bottom of your screen -- and adding new features to our site and players for a deep, compelling, advertiser-rich environment." Spinner 3.0 reflects a sleek design that speaks to all genres of music, and includes significant product and site updates: "My Spinner" -- The revamped Spinner.com site serves as a gateway to music and music information, allowing users to listen, buy and read about music in a customized atmosphere called "My Spinner." Personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. "My Spinner" pages offer greater synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. with the players by providing customizable features, such as My Channels for a personalized list of favorite channels, My Songpad for access to song picks, My Profile, What's New for genre-based promotions and Store Windows for commerce opportunities also tailored by genre. The site also debuts Music News, Artist Finder search, DJ Picks with album art and reviews, and Top Charts for each channel. Spinner Plus 3.0 -- The Spinner Plus downloadable player gets a sleek, fun and intuitive user interface with a new Toolbar(intermediate) size, in addition to the maximized Spinner Plus player. The Toolbar player sits at the bottom of a PC desktop, allowing easy and habitual Regular or customary; usual. A habitual drunkard, for example, is an individual who regularly becomes intoxicated as opposed to a person who drinks infrequently. access to selected features as well as increased exposure for advertisers. Spinner Plus 3.0 includes all of the functionality of the earlier player with the addition of several new features that directly link users to their My Spinner page, Music News and Charts displaying Spinner.com's top 25 programmed songs on each of Spinner.com's 130 channels. Spinner Lite -- Formerly known as the Spinner player, is Spinner.com's Web-based player. The redesigned player offers streamlined functionality for increased compatibility with browsers, including AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , Netscape and Microsoft's Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. . Spinner Lite also provides links to personal My Spinner pages and features. The launch of Spinner 3.0 is celebrated with a first-of-its kind promotion with major record label, Atlantic Records', Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots (abbreviated STP) was a popular Grammy Award-winning American hard rock band in the 1990s and early 2000s, consisting of Scott Weiland (vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion). . The promotion, including an Internet exclusive album debut of STP's "No. 4" and contest on Spinner.com, and a secure digital download  The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance. of cover track, "Down," on Winamp.com, represents the fist stage of integration between Spinner.com and Winamp, both acquired by AOL in May 1999. Spinner.com and Winamp continue moving forward as integral parts of each other's business and the core of AOL's music initiative. About Spinner.com Spinner.com, an integral part of AOL's Interactive Properties Group, is the first and largest Internet music service with a database of 250,000 digitized songs delivered on 130+ highly specialized music channels. Covering an unprecedented depth and breadth of music programming -- with channels such as 90's Rock, Bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. , British Invasion British Invasion Musical movement. In the mid 1960s the popularity of a number of British rock-and-roll (“beat”) groups spread rapidly to the U.S., beginning with the triumphant arrival of Liverpool's Beatles in New York in 1964 and continuing with the Rolling , Chicago Blues This article may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since June 2007. , Top Pop, Trip-, Jungle/Drum 'n Bass and Salsa -- Spinner.com reaches 1.3 million unique listeners per month, broadcasting two million songs per day. The "My Spinner" personalized Web site serves as gateway to music and music news, allowing users to listen, read about and buy music, and provides direct links to the Spinner.com music players. The stand-alone Internet application Spinner Plus and the Web-based Spinner Lite display song information as music is played, while providing dynamic links that enable access to music information, personal choices and online purchasing. Spinner.com was acquired by America Online, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL) in May 1999, and merged with Nullsoft, Inc, providers of Winamp and SHOUTcast. Spinner.com and Nullsoft reside in San Francisco's Audio Alley. New listeners can visit Spinner.com and download a free player at www.spinner.com. |
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