Slacker Radio of MusicMatch, which was purchased by Yahoo Music and became known as Yahoo! Music Radio. The current CEO is Duncan Orrell-Jones, formerly of Nintendo of America and Disney Interactive Media Group, Asia Pacific. In September 2007, the service finalized its deals with four major labels: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, EMI, Universal, and Warner; it also announced deals with thousands of indie labels. In 2008, Slacker released the Slacker Portable Player, available in 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB capacities. On January 9, 2008, the Slacker Portable Player received Laptop Magazine's Best of CES Portable Audio/Video Player Award. On September 16, 2008, Slacker
Slacker Attempts to track down such evaders were called "slacker raids". During World War I, U.S. Senator Miles Poindexter discussed whether inquiries "to separate the cowards and the slackers from those who had not violated the draft" had been managed properly. A "San Francisco Chronicle" headline on 7 September 1918, read: "Slacker is Doused in Barrel of Paint". The term was also used during the World War II period in the United States. In 1940, "Time" quoted the U.S. Army on managing the military draft efficiently: "War is not going to wait while every slacker resorts to endless appeals." The shift