Yahoo! and AOL discontinued directing users to their radio sites after SoundExchange, the non-profit performance rights organization that collects royalties on the behalf of sound recording copyright owners (SRCOs) and featured artists for non-interactive digital transmissions, began collecting the higher fees in July. On November 28, 2007, AOL announced that they might shut down their web radio services after a 38 percent increase in royalties to air music. AOL did this to avoid paying copyright royalties and to encourage users to become AOL members. Beginning in 2004, AOL started metering to allow only two hours of usage per day. On May 22, 2002, AOL released the free for non-members as part of the new Netscape 7.0 browser. Initially, was available only to AOL members. In its first month of operation, AOL reported that 2.2 million members accessed making it one of AOL's most popular features. The brand was retired in July 2003.ĪOL Radio launched as essentially a rebranded, using technology from RealNetworks on Octoas part of the AOL 7.0 software announced that same day. Both new organizations operated out of the same office in San Francisco. Nullsoft was the maker of the popular Winamp and SHOUTcast products. History Roots ĪOL Radio can trace its roots to two companies it acquired on June 1, 1999, for $400 million: and Nullsoft. It had over 200 free internet radio stations. ( April 2014)ġ June 1999 24 years ago ( ) (as )ĪOL Radio powered by Slacker (formerly AOL Radio powered by CBS Radio, and prior AOL Radio featuring XM) was an online radio service available in the United States only. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.

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