This is why Apple wants to launch iRadio
People still buy a lot of music downloads, and most of them use iTunes to do so. That’s why Apple is now building its own streaming service. Read more »
Spotify hits 6 million paid users as market for music streaming heats up
A report shows that music subscription service Spotify continues to grow at a rapid pace. The growth validates Spotify’s business model but is also inviting a growing cluster of rivals. Read more »
Rdio expands global footprint, Spotify reportedly extends free mobile offering
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Rdio is coming to Austria, Ireland, Italy and four other countries. Spotify, meanwhile, plans to offer free mobile radio around the world. Read more »
Pandora Chairman and CEO to step down, search for successor begins
Pandora’s CEO Joe Kennedy is leaving the company after a fiscal quarter that saw both growing revenue and big losses. Kennedy will stay on until a successor is named. Read more at GigaOM »
Music site This Is My Jam could spin out from Echo Nest
A year after it launched as a skunkworks project inside music data company The Echo Nest, trendy social music site This Is My Jam is “looking at options” for going independent — as well as getting ready to launch some fun new site exploration features. Read more »
Data isn’t just the new oil, it’s the new money. Ask Zoë Keating
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In the fight about royalties from streaming media services like Pandora, Popular cellist Zoë Keating says she’s willing to give up the money in exchange for data. It’s an idea that’s gaining traction elsewhere, too, as more companies are paying consumers for their truly valuable data. Read more »
paidContent turns 10: A brief history of digital media
Remember when Friendster was the hot social network, publishers doubted that ebooks would ever sell, and Netflix thought DVDs in red envelopes was the future? We do — that was that state of digital media when paidContent launched in 2002. Read more »
Spotify may add Pandora-like radio service
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Spotify is reportedly working on a Pandora-like radio service that would launch by the end of the year. Read more »
Pandora Learns The Hard Way, Mobile Ads Are Still Far From Being A Cash Cow
Being the most popular is not a good enough business model, it seems, when it comes to music mobile apps. Pandora, the music-streaming app,… Read more »
Pandora Smacked With Class Action For Revealing User Profiles
Pandora (NYSE: P) is the latest company to stumble into the minefield of privacy lawsuits that are blowing up all over the tech industry. A… Read more »
@ pcAds: Still Waiting For The Mobile Ad Breakthrough?
Tablets and smart phones are everywhere you turn but companies have been slow to redirect their ad spending to these new platforms. For now,… Read more »
Wall Street Analysts Like Pandora, Investors Not So Sure
Pandora (NYSE: P) shares popped nearly four percent in pre-market trading Monday after several analysts issued bullish research reports on t… Read more »
Pandora Shares Fall Sharply, Then Recover, As Spotify Hits the U.S.
Pandora (NYSE: P) may have gone public just in the nick of time. With rival Spotify’s long-awaited U.S. arrival finally at hand, Pandora sha… Read more »
Amid Tech IPO Boom, Not All Web IPOs Are Created Equal
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Not all internet IPOs are created equal.
A decade after the dot-com crash, sky-high internet company valuations are prompting a heated argu… Read more »
Pandora’s Down Day: Investors’ Remorse? Bubble Fears? Market Negativity?
Rather than outside forces such as volatility on Wall St. or bubble fears, it looks like concerns about Pandora’s uncertain ability to achie… Read more »
Pandora IPO Raises $235 Million, But Doubts Persist About Profitability
Pandora completed its initial public offering today, selling 14.7 million shares of stock at $16 each, according to Bloomberg, after initial… Read more »
New Numbers From Pandora Show Big Growth But No Profits
Pandora, which is seeking to raise $100 million from an IPO, has filed another three months’ worth of financial results. The filing shows Pa… Read more »
Feds May Be Looking Into Smartphone Info Sharing; Pandora Hit With Subpoena
An investigation is underway into how information collected from smartphone users is being shared by app makers on Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Go… Read more »
Pandora CEO: The Complexity Of International Copyright Law Is A Big Problem
When Pandora filed papers with the SEC earlier this year indicating its plans for an IPO, the company disclosed a variety of risks to invest… Read more »
Pandora’s IPO Filing: Copyright Fees Eat Up Half Its Revenues
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The just-filed IPO documents by Pandora Media show a company on the rise. The popular web radio service Read more »
Pandora Files IPO With $100 Million In Mind
Personalized radio streamer Pandora has filed for its long-expected IPO and is seeking to raise $100 million from its stock sale, according… Read more »
Amid IPO Reports, Pandora Adds Two Big Media Names To Board
Pandora, which is widely expected to go public this year, has added two big-name media executives to its board: Former News Corp (NSDQ: NWS)… Read more »
Apple And App Makers Hit With Lawsuit Over Shared Consumer Info
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has been slapped with a class action lawsuit that accuses the company and several prominent app makers of sharing users’… Read more »
Pandora’s Ad Network Jumps From PC, Phone To TV, BluRay Players
After launching its own ad platform for the iPad this past summer, streaming radio player Pandora is making its ad system more at home. Late… Read more »
And The Next Big IPO Filing Will Come From …
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The week’s news was dominated by two IPO filings: Skype, which filed for a $100 million IPO, and Demand Media, which did so a week ago and h… Read more »
Pandora Debuts Its Own Ad Platform For The iPad App
Although Apple’s iAd service is coming July 1, Pandora couldn’t wait and has created its own advertising platform to attract big name market… Read more »
Pandora Raises Its Fifth Funding Round
Music discovery service Pandora has raised an undisclosed amount of funding to promote continued growth, the company said in a statement.… Read more »
Pandora: These Numbers May Surprise You
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For years, Tim Westergren was on the front lines of a difficult royalty battle. But instead of becoming a casualty, Pandora and other inter… Read more »
Pandora On Track For $40 Million Revs This Year; More Premium Options Coming
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So says Pandora founder Tim Westergren, in a story in today’s VentureWire about the streaming music company’s growth efforts along with its… Read more »
Labels, Online Radio Stations Agree On New Royalty Rates; Pandora Will Limit Listening
After years of uncertainty, so-called “pureplay” internet broadcasters finally have a copyright deal that should give them enough breathing… Read more »
