AOL Music Is Closing

AOL employees revealed Friday on Twitter that news website AOL Music and properties associated with it will close and employees in the division will be immediately laid off

Spinner, a rock news website under the AOL Music umbrella, tweeted (and then deleted) this message to its 48,000 followers: "Hey guys. Just found out from AOL that we're shutting down. Today is our last day. Seriously."

AOL has yet to issue a statement on the events, but Spinner's editor Dan Reilly, however, continues to keep readers updated on the eventsAOL Music's other genre-themed news sites include The BoomBox, The Boot and Noisecreep. Read more...