Pandora

When Apple unveiled iTunes Radio, it jumped into a saturated market: music streaming. Much like the options you have when you want to watch a movie or TV show online, there are many places you can go to get your Radiohead fix. But not all music services are created equal, and they don’t all have Continue Reading →

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 KXMZ-FM in an op-ed published in The Continue Reading →

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 Continue Reading →

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,” featuring previews from a Continue Reading →

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 Continue Reading →

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 Continue Reading →

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 limit can either switch Continue Reading →

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. Continue Reading →

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 Group and Universal Music Group, with Continue Reading →

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 service — Continue Reading →