>From: Steve Pattison <s...@internode.on.net>
>To: CUG Members <memb...@bcacug.org>, VIP-L
<vi...@freelists.org>
>Subject: Article: Winamp finds a buyer -- and
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>This article is taken from
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>http://tinyurl.com/pa4jq5r
>
>The home page for Radionomy mentioned in the article is
>
>www.radionomy.com
>
>Regards Steve.
>
>Winamp finds a buyer -- and it's not Microsoft
>By Wayne Williams
>
>Winamp was a massively popular media player in the nineties,
but it
>withered under AOL's ownership, and failed to move with the
times. Few
>people were surprised when a month ago AOL finally decided to
cut its
>losses, announcing that, starting December 20 2013, the site
and
>associated cloud services, including Shoutcast, would no longer
be
>available to the public.
>
>A petition to save the media player garnered close to 50,000
signatures,
>and Spotify created a fun tribute called Spotiamp, but the
writing
>looked to be firmly on the wall for Winamp, despite rumors that
>Microsoft was interested in saving the service. Today it
appears that
>Winamp has indeed found a savior, but it's not one that anyone
was
>expecting.
>
>Although there's been no official announcement yet (hardly
surprising
>given it's New Year's Day), a Whois request now shows Winamp's
name
>servers pointing to Radionomy, a service that lets you
discover, listen
>to and create online radio stations.
>
>If Radionomy is indeed the new owner it bodes well for
Shoutcast's
>survival, but what it will mean for the Winamp media player is
less
>clear. Hopefully we'll have a better idea once an official
announcement
>is made.
>
>
