Spinner was a music and entertainment website. It was founded as an Internet radio website during the late 1990s. An
AOL Music property, it was acquired by
AOL on June 1, 1999, along with
Nullsoft for $400 million. Based in San Francisco, California, the website was the first Internet music service and was the largest by 2001, while offering promotional features from high profile recording artists. In 2002, AOL combined Spinner with the former's
Netscape portal to form Netscape Radio. Spinner broadcast over 100 radio stations, including
Radio CMJ.