Editing Justin Frankel (section)

== Winamp ==

After graduating high school with a 3.9 [[GPA]], he attended the [[University of Utah]] in 1996, where he majored in [[computer science]], but dropped out after two quarters. A few months later, he released the first version of [[Winamp|WinAMP]] under his newly formed company's name [[Nullsoft]].  By 1998, more than fifteen million people had downloaded the program.  Since many people had sent in the $10 [[Donationware|donation]] suggested in return for using the program, Frankel earned tens of thousands of dollars a month.<ref name="Ars Technia Article">{{cite web | url=https://arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/winamp-how-greatest-mp3-player-undid-itself/ | title = Winamp's woes: how the greatest MP3 player undid itself | date=June 24, 2012 | website=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref>

Frankel, along with [[Tom Pepper]] (who played a big part of the Winamp development and distribution), later completed [[SHOUTcast]], which allowed ordinary users with an Internet connection to broadcast, or "[[Streaming media|stream]]", audio over the [[Internet]]. He also created the [[Advanced Visualization Studio]], a plugin for Winamp which enabled users to create their own music visualizations in real-time, without any programming knowledge required.