Today , AOL pink - slipped editorial employee at its tidings sites , and part the unenviable physical process of shut down many — but not all — of the blade associated with the upright . There has been no official assertion from AOL captain ascendance ( yet ) , but the dismissed staff from the sites are generating screwball buzz about the meltdown . The ballyhoo is so hot that some multitude saw AOL Music show up as a trending subject on Twitter .
The first to note the satire of wiped out music blog hitting the top of Twitter ’s charts was one of the condemn , now out - of - body of work editor Dan Reilly .
Haha . AOL Music is trending on Twitter . Finally figured our social media scheme out !
— Dan Reilly ( @danreilly11)April 26 , 2013
Until this good afternoon Reilly was an editor in chief at Spinner , a once - pioneering sometime - school music situation that got the ax . AOL acquired Spinner back in 1999 , making it amongst the first huge mainstream music publications stick out online . But Spinner was n’t alone , as AOL Radio ’s Twitter announce when when write up of the bloodbath set forth making the beat online . The staff member of Spinner packed their desks alongside fellow at AOL Music , The Boot , and Noisecreep .
It ’s a pitiful day here at@AOL . We ’d wish to say goodbye to our colleagues at@AOLMusic,@TheBootdotcom,@Noisecreep,@Spinnerand@TheBoombox
— What to find out ( @WhatToWatchAOL)April 26 , 2013
But it ’s impossible to shut up a bunch of author , particularly when they take to Twitter to broadcast their unhappiness .
https://twitter.com/embed/status/327884316333977600
Spinner ’s editors said their piece , too . In face Spinner ’s Twitter was amongst the first to say goodbye to fans . The tweet was later deleted .
RIP Spinner , Long Live Spinner .
— Gender Reveal Lasagna ( @cmatthewsnyc)April 26 , 2013
Well , we all just got laid off . AOL Music is finished .
@sashahechtHoller ! haha
— Carlos Ramirez ( @MusicQuizKing)April 26 , 2013
Oh and his site , as was afterward confirmed , is dead .
https://twitter.com/embed/status/327868821614501888
afterward in the good afternoon , the news made it over to the Huffington Post newsroom on the other side of the company that ’s not being downsized .
Sad to get word about@Spinnerand@aolmusic . tremendously talented teams there whom we love and wish well the safe for .
— HuffPost Ent ( @HuffPostEnt)April 26 , 2013
And as for AOL Radio , which pronounced the first “ official ” report of the incident , well , it clarified that AOL Radio would n’t be following the rest out the door . https://twitter.com/AOLRadio/status/327871348183556096
According to a few , Winamp will hold out this cycle of executions as well .
For those who are inquiring,@AOLRadiowill still be around and we will stay to be fetch you the best music experience .
Still , while it seems like most of the top employees at AOL medicine are go , the bloodbath exit a few AOL Music brands unaccounted for . Sad day for music publish online . Power to all the writers who are going home without a line of work tonight .
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