AOL announced that Winamp.com would shut down on December 20, 2013. The software would no longer be available for download nor supported by the company after that date. Winamp was one of the most popular media players of all time. Winamp was first released in 1997, developed by Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev, as freeware. Frankel named his software company, Nullsoft, and continued development on the player. Nullsoft was acquired by AOL in June 1999, for $80 million in stock.
The announcement on the Winamp.com site said:
Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download. Please download the latest version before that date. See release notes for latest improvements to this last release. Thanks for supporting the Winamp community for over 15 years.
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