Pandora CEO Announces Plan to Step Down
Announcement was followed by a stock jump in Pandora. read more
Found in: Culture, NewsPandora to Limit Free Streaming on Mobile Devices
Due to the rising costs of licensing musical content, Pandora listeners will now be limited to 40 hours of free mobile radio streaming each month. read more
Found in: Music, NewsApple Planning on Launching Internet Radio Service in 2013
Bloomberg has reported that Apple is planning on launching an Internet radio service in early 2013. The tech giant is currently in talks with record labels over how to distribute ad revenue generated by the service, which would function similarly to Pandora. A deal between Apple and the record labels could be reached sometime this month.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsPandora, Rdio Announce Pricing and Listening Changes
Rdio announced changes to it's service and subscription models today, just a few weeks after Pandora's recent changes to their own service model. Following up on their September 20 announcement of their website and service redesign (an upgrade from 40 free hours a month to 320 hours), yesterday Pandora emailed anyone with an account who had previously hit their 40 hour monthly limit with this message: read more
Found in: Music, NewsClear Channel Radio to Unleash "Pandora Killer"
Yesterday, Billboard reported that Clear Channel Radio’s iheartradio is teaming up with The Echo Nest in a move that is expected to do some real damage to Pandora Radio. The Echo Nest advertises itself as “the world’s first machine-learning platform for music,” which basically does away with Pandora’s human-based approach to characterizing music. read more
Found in: News"Pandora For Books" BookLamp Launches Today
Booklamp.org went live earlier today, offering a free service similar to the wildly popular Pandora internet radio service, but for books. read more
Found in: Books, NewsAARP Launches Online Music Player for Seniors
For those of us who grew up in the age of iTunes, it’s almost impossible to recall the dark ages when one of the web’s most popular online radio outfits, Pandora, was absent from the internet airwaves. Now, with multiple sites like Spotify snagging larger audiences on a daily basis, it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that America’s hippest senior citizens are jumping on the digital bandwagon.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsPandora Radio Adds Comedy Stations
Internet radio Pandora has added comedy to the line-up of stations it offers.... read more
Found in: Radio, NewsPandora to Offer Gift Subscriptions
Not sure what to get that audiophile on your holiday list? Pandora will soon be offering gift subscriptions.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsIndustry Chat: A2IM President Rich Bengloff on the State of Indie
Paste recently asked “Is Indie Dead?” with the answer being that it’s so alive that the term lacks meaning. Yet on the business side of the music business, the concept of independence still has currency—and perhaps more meaning than ever. So to unpack how independents are navigating the constantly reinvented music business, we talked to someone who should know: American Association of Independent Music President Rich Bengloff (A2IM). Here’s our conversation.... read more
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