Audion has had quite the story through out it's life. To quote a summary from the email, "...the full story contains all sorts of interesting things, such as how Audion almost became iTunes (!), how we almost became an AOL / Time Warner company, and our how Apple boardroom meeting with Steve Jobs went." If you would like to read the full story of Audion, check it out here.

In a related news story, Nullsoft, makers of Winamp, has also closed it doors. Is this the end of the MP3 player innovation? Are there any more real features that can be added to MP3 players? What kinds of things are MP3 players missing? It seems that the new features have basically stopped in the last year. What will be next is the question I would like to ask.

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I submitted the following to /. as a story, lets see if it gets posted!!

In an email sent to supporters and purchasers of Audion, Panic Inc. has announced it is retiring is MP3 player for the Mac. For more than 5 years, Audion has been brining Mac users a wonderful MP3 player that is one of the best examples of what a real Macintosh application should be. I will be very sad to see the development of this great application stop, but I understand the reasons behind the decision. On a good note, Audion is now available for download in it's full version for free here!

In a related news story covered here on /., Nullsoft, makers of Winamp, has also closed it doors. Is this the end of the MP3 player innovation? Are there any more real features that can be added to MP3 players? What kinds of things are MP3 players missing? It seems that the new features have basically stopped in the last year. What will be next is the question I would like to ask.