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# AOL Release Beta Media Player For Non-Subscriber Use
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/aol_release_bet/
- Published: 2005-04-14T17:40:39.000Z
- Updated: 2005-04-14T17:40:39.000Z
- Description: Digital Music News reports that "AOL recently unwrapped its beta media player, with plans to make the application available to non-subscribers. The AOL Media Player (AMP) will be multi-functional, offering. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2005/04/aol_release_bet.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Radio & Satellite, Streaming, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

Digital Music News reports that "AOL recently unwrapped its beta media player, with plans to make

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the application available to non-subscribers. The AOL Media Player (AMP) will be multi-functional, offering a media library, video support and CD ripping capabilities. For AOL, the player represents another move outside of the "walled garden," part of a new strategy to counter a subscriber exodus by capturing advertising-based revenues. The new application will help to thread various media offerings from the AOL Music site, which includes original video content, downloadable music files, and a wide range of streaming radio offerings. Though an early kick of the tires reveals a buggy solution, AOL has not released a date for its final release. The player will run separately from the larger AOL client software."