Blog: Idolator

The site for ad-supported music download site Spiralfrog went dark yesterday afternoon; CNET reports that the firm was unable to repay its creditors, and those creditors have seized the firm's assets. Never really a huge player in the music download universe due to the fact that it only provided tracks in Windows Media format, Spiralfrog had agreements with three of the major label groups — Warner, Universal and EMI, but never actually featured downloads from Warner or EMI artists, due to the fact that these agreements were with the labels' publishing divisions. Spiralfrog never made arrangements with them [...]