A couple of months ago we brought you the sad news that Winamp ““ the popular music player of the late 90‘s and 2000‘s ““ was shutting down. Then the following day, we had some hope that Winamp would be bought and saved by Microsoft. Unfortunately, that did not come to fruition and we were left in the doldrums of Winamp in the past and the idea of it being left to the ages of history.
Now, however, Radionomy confirms that it has acquired the media player from its owner AOL along with Shoutcast, an internet radio broadcasting service that AOL also owned. The price of the deal is not completely known, but inside sources have revealed that it is somewhere between $5 million and $10 million, which includes a share swop as well.
Radionomy launched in late 2012 as a free service to generate online radio stations. It has around 6,000 user-programmed radio stations with 13 million unique listeners. Radionomy owner Alexandre Saboundjian says he believes the service’s user count will “increase by a factor of 5 to 10” thanks to the acquisition. To accomplish that amount of users, Radionomy is creating an Android and iOS app for Winamp.
Are you happy that Winamp is back among the living? Will you use it on your smartphone once the apps are released by Radionomy?
Source: Tech EU
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