The home of the iconic media player product, long ago sold to AOL, will 
become an empty storefront Dec 20th, with version 5.66 the last released. 
Like an old song, only sixteen.

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5800475/rip-winamp-1997-2013-marking-the-end-of-the-beginning

The techies are already touting alternatives... examples here:

http://www.ghacks.net/2013/11/21/whats-best-winamp-alternative-now-shutting/

Late word that Microsoft will bid on the site, but not its kin 
shoutcast.com, a go-to for audio streaming feeds:

http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/21/source-microsoft-in-talks-to-buy-shoutcast-and-winamp-from-aol/?ncid=fb

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