Microsoft is currently in talks to Buy Winamp and Shoutcast From AOL

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Following AOL’s announcement that, after 15 years, Winamp was officially shutting down on December 20th, Microsoft has announced that it  is currently in talks to Buy Winamp and Shoutcast From AOL.

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We were saddened by the news yesterday when AOL announced that Winamp was officially shutting its doors on Dec. 20. Thankfully, the popular MP3 player may live to see another day. TechCrunch said Thursday that Microsoft is actually in talks with AOL to purchase Winamp and another original Nullsoft service, Shoutcast.

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