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 new complaint says the Internet radio provider violated the privacy of its Michigan subscribers and demands it pay each of them at least $5,000.

Tablets and smart phones are everywhere you turn but companies have been slow to redirect their ad spending to these new platforms. For now, mobile advertising remains a tantalizing but still elusive opportunity. Three executives gathered at paidContent Advertising to share their thoughts on when and how the ad industry…

Pandora (NYSE: P) shares popped nearly four percent in pre-market trading Monday after several analysts issued bullish research reports on the internet radio company—then settled quickly as soon as the market opened. The stock’s whipsaw action reflects optimism about the booming online radio market, tempered with doubts about the company’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 shares took a hit on Thursday, plunging six percent right out of the gate before recovering. Spotify’s debut escalates competition in the digital music market and knocks…

Not all internet IPOs are created equal. A decade after the dot-com crash, sky-high internet company valuations are prompting a heated argument over whether the market is entering another tech bubble. But the “bubble vs. no-bubble” debate risks obscuring the need to evaluate each company on its own merits, rather…

Rather than outside forces such as volatility on Wall St. or bubble fears, it looks like concerns about Pandora’s uncertain ability to achieve profitability appears to be the most likely cause of the nosedive its stock price took. Shares closed Thursday at $13.26, barely a day after pricing its IPO…

Pandora completed its initial public offering today, selling 14.7 million shares of stock at $16 each, according to Bloomberg, after initially selling for $10 to $12 per share. The results were a big success, especially considering that Pandora had initially hoped to raise only $100 million.

Pandora, which is seeking to raise $100 million from an IPO, has filed another three months’ worth of financial results. The filing shows Pandora’s remarkable growth in the last year. Still, the company posted a net loss of $6.8 million, and expects to continue to lose money through at least…

An investigation is underway into how information collected from smartphone users is being shared by app makers on Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google’s platforms according to Pandora, which disclosed Monday that it received a subpoena from a federal grand jury earlier this year.

When Pandora filed papers with the SEC earlier this year indicating its plans for an IPO, the company disclosed a variety of risks to investors. That included the fact that copyright royalties eat up half its revenue, and the difficulty the company has had in its attempts to strike deals…

The just-filed IPO documents by Pandora Media show a company on the rise. The popular web radio service served up more than one billion (yes, with a ‘B’) listener-hours in the final quarter of 2010—a five-fold usage increase in two years. But read the S-1 with the term “copyright” highlighted—as…

Personalized radio streamer Pandora has filed for its long-expected IPO and is seeking to raise $100 million from its stock sale, according to an SEC filing. The filing shows a company operating at a loss but with advertising revenues rising dramatically.

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). COO Peter Chernin (who most recently has been launching a new media company targeting Asia) and former Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) CFO Barry McCarthy (who stepped down…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has been slapped with a class action lawsuit that accuses the company and several prominent app makers of sharing users’ personal identification without consumers’ approval. Some of the app companies named in the suit, which was filed in federal court in San Jose, CA. late last week,…

After launching its own ad platform for the iPad this past summer, streaming radio player Pandora is making its ad system more at home. Later this morning, the company will announce that it’s expanding its audio ad network to include products beyond the PC and the smartphone. It will begin…

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 has since faced criticism for not being as profitable as it had claimed to be. What big digital media name will be next?…

Although Apple’s iAd service is coming July 1, Pandora couldn’t wait and has created its own advertising platform to attract big name marketers to its latest app. Starbucks, Lexus, and Budweiser are the first brands on the new Pandora iPad advertising platform. Like iAds, Pandora’s ad platform features video, audio…

Music discovery service Pandora has raised an undisclosed amount of funding to promote continued growth, the company said in a statement.  The round was led by GGV Capital, with additional investment from Allen & Company. The funding comes almost a year after Pandora nearly faced extinction in its battle with…

For years, Tim Westergren was on the front lines of a difficult royalty battle.  But instead of becoming a casualty, Pandora and other internet radio providers managed to forge a workable rate structure - at least one that kept the lights on. But this is still one huge royalty bill,…