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Mar 18, 2010 9:35 AM
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,…
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Matt Kapko
Oct 17, 2008 12:20 PM
Pandora, the online music streaming service, has laid off 20 of its 140 employees today, founder Tim Westergren announced in a blog post. The list of startups cutting staff and other costs in the face of mounting economic pressure is growing and few are immune to the challenges knocking on…
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Matt Kapko
Oct 3, 2008 12:25 PM
Correction: The iPhone has helped Pandora double its growth rate from 20,000 new users a day to almost 40,000 and it accounts for half of Pandora’s new listeners. We regret the error. The next year to eighteen months is going to be a period of “reckoning” for online streaming music…
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