Pandora pushed for a law to equal the playing field when it comes to the rates that different types of radio service must pay to license content, but it came up short. The outcome could hurt the service when its current contracts expire in 2015. Read more at GigaOM »
In a year when many musicians are blaming digital music companies for declining income, folk-singer Billy Bragg offers a welcome dose of common sense. Read more at GigaOM »
YouTube is reportedly planning to launch its own subscription music streaming service, which would include video, this year. It will enter a very crowded marketplace. Read more at GigaOM »
Pink Floyd’s attitude to companies like Pandora and Spotify appears to have changed dramatically since this summer when the band very publicly attacked streaming music services. Read more at GigaOM »
Pandora can get the benefit of a 2010 agreement it reached with ASCAP, which provides licenses for the music industry; ASCAP can’t narrow the license even though music labels want to yank new media rights. Read more at GigaOM »
I was skeptical that we’d ever see a Netflix for ebooks. Oyster’s launch on Thursday proved me wrong: It offers books that you’ve actually heard of, in a very well-designed app, for $9.95 per month. Read more at GigaOM »
A popular tech company and the music lobby are in a strange fight over a small FM station in South Dakota. The dispute is partly a publicity stunt — but one that reveals how outdated radio regulation has become. Read more at GigaOM »
Singer Aimee Mann says a company that licenses songs to streaming companies cheated her for years — raising the question of who is most responsible for musicians’ hard times. Read more at GigaOM »
Looking to refresh your podcast library? Swell gets to know your tastes and offers unlimited skips and plays. It has shows from This American Life, NPR, TED Talks, and many more. Read more at GigaOM »
Musicians and popular radio service Pandora are throwing mud at each other again. Who do you side with? Here’s an easy-to-read Q&A to explain the issues. Read more at GigaOM »
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 at GigaOM »
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 is coming to Austria, Ireland, Italy and four other countries. Spotify, meanwhile, plans to offer free mobile radio around the world. Read more »
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 »
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 at GigaOM »
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 at GigaOM »
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 is reportedly working on a Pandora-like radio service that would launch by the end of the year. Read more »
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 (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 »
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 »
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 (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 »
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 »
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 completed its initial public offering today, selling 14.7 million shares of stock at $16 each, according to Bloomberg, after initial… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The just-filed IPO documents by Pandora Media show a company on the rise. The popular web radio service Read more »
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 »
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 (NSDQ: AAPL) has been slapped with a class action lawsuit that accuses the company and several prominent app makers of sharing users’… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Music discovery service Pandora has raised an undisclosed amount of funding to promote continued growth, the company said in a statement.… Read more »
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 »
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 »
After years of uncertainty, so-called “pureplay” internet broadcasters finally have a copyright deal that should give them enough breathing… Read more »
