Pandora announced Tuesday that it purchased an FM radio station in South Dakota, a move intended to allow the online radio station to qualify for the same licensing terms as other Internet radio competitors. Christopher Harrison, assistant general counsel at Pandora, made the announcement about Pandora’s purchase of ...
Pandora in Your Living Room: Music Streaming Comes to Xbox 360, PS3
on 6.5.13
Pandora is finally available on the Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s Playstation 3, thanks to a new web app launched Wednesday that comes complete with a UI optimized for couch potatoes. The company wants to bring the web app to additional TV platforms in the coming months, and CTO Tom Conrad told me Tuesday that Pandora ...
Pandora ‘Premieres’ Lets You Listen to Full Albums Before Release
on 5.21.13
Internet radio and music recommendation service Pandora is rolling out a new service that will offer previews of upcoming album launches in their entirety, up to a week before they go on sale. Sponsored by T-Mobile for its initial roll-out phase, Pandora Premieres is being pitched as a “first-of-its kind station,” ...
Pandora App Comes to Windows Phone 8
on 3.21.13
At October's Windows Phone 8 launch event, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore stood on stage and eagerly announced a laundry list of popular apps that were confirmed to be coming to the platform in the coming months. To the delight of many, Pandora was on the list -- and to top it all off, the music streaming service would come ...
Pandora’s CEO, Joseph Kennedy, Steps Down
on 3.8.13
Pandora CEO Joseph Kennedy announced today that he is leaving the music-streaming company after nearly 10 years at the helm. He didn't say why he was stepping down, only that "the time is right." "As part of our board discussions of the road that lies ahead, I reached the conclusion and advised the board that the time is ...
Pandora to Cap Free Streaming at 40 Hours Per Month
on 2.28.13
Pandora will start putting a monthly 40-hour cap on its previously unlimited mobile music streaming starting March 1. Pandora employed this strategy to cap desktop listening to 40 hours per month several years ago, but it lifted the cap in September 2011. Starting Friday, mobile listeners who surpass the monthly 40-hour ...
Slacker Radio Re-Design Aims for ‘Complete Music Service’
on 2.13.13
You could discover a song on Pandora, search for more by the artist on Spotify, and get context from satellite radio DJs, or do it all in one place with Slacker. After hitting 4 million monthly users and 500,000 paid subscribers, Slacker on Wednesday unveils a big redesign for its site, apps, and car integrations. It wants ...
Apple Facing Opposition From Major Labels for iRadio
on 12.5.12
Apple is rumored to be preparing a Pandora rival dubbed “iRadio” for launch in 2013, but according to CNET’s Greg Sandoval, the company still doesn’t have any major record companies signed up. Sandoval says that Apple’s rumored service is “not being warmly received” by Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music ...
Apple likely to launch streaming radio service in 2013, long before Apple’s TV service
on 11.30.12
Apple has been rumored to be prepping a streaming radio service for more than a year now, and according to a number of recent reports it looks like 2013 will finally see the company’s Pandora competitor become a reality. BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield on Friday issued a note clarifying that Apple’s streaming radio ...
Apple’s ‘next big thing’ might not be a ‘thing’
on 11.26.12
The “next big thing” from Apple might not be a smartphone, tablet, computer or a television, as countless recent rumors have suggested. It might not even be a service like a Pandora competitor or a new TV service tied to an Apple set-top box. Instead, Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty believes the next big thing for ...
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