Posts Tagged ‘pandora’
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
After two years of uncertainty, Pandora’s future has finally been secured. [MORE]
Tags: online, pandora, radio, rates, royalties, streaming
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
The world of radio station streaming just became more competitive. Pandora, the largest internet radio provider, signs a deal with Ando Media that will put its ratings side-by-side with station webcasts. Ando EVP Paul Krasinski says advertisers will get a “truer picture” of how large the internet radio audience is.
Tags: ando, online, pandora, radio, ratings, streaming, web
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
…Webcasters blew a golden opportunity to reach an accord that would have given them much of what they asked for. [MORE]
Tags: fees, last.fm, pandora, radio, riaa, soundexchange, webcasters
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
The update, which will be submitted to the Android Market this Saturday, will give streaming songs TuneWiki’s lyrical capabilities, as well as its social networking enhancements. [MORE]
Tags: android, lyrics, mobile, pandora, radio, streaming, tunewiki
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Pandora founder Tim Westergren thinks being broad isn’t necessarily the best strategy for development in the smartphone industry and that betting on a single (what he calls a “hero”) platform could be the way to go. Hint: it’s not a Blackberry or Google’s Android. [MORE]
Tags: iphone, mobile, palm, pandora, pre, radio, streaming
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
The high royalty costs associated with streaming licensed songs seem to have finally caught up to the service, which until now has primarily used image-based advertising. [MORE]
Tags: ads, audio, fees, pandora, radio, revenue, streaming
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
The portable music revolution has only been with us for a few years, but we may already be on the cusp of the another paradigm shift: With smartphones becoming commoditized — and with so many excellent music apps being designed for them — it’s becoming viable to leave your MP3 player at home and tune into the cloud. [MORE]
Tags: blackberry, iphone, mobile, mp3, pandora, radio, smartphone, streaming
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
Another advance Ford is promising is the ability to synchronize applications from mobile devices like Apple’s iPhone with the car. That would mean, apparently, being able to run applications like Pandora, via the iPhone, by using control buttons on the car’s steering wheel. Similarly, it should be possible for drivers to get access and manipulate their Facebook or MySpace accounts using voice commands. [MORE]
Tags: auto, car, connected, ford, internet, iphone, pandora, radio, streaming
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
As if being the No. 1 free iPhone app of 2008 wasn’t enough for Pandora, it has launched version 2.0 of its app just six days into 2009. [MORE]
Tags: download, iphone, ipod, online, pandora, radio, streaming
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
Pandora founder Tim Westergren announced on the company’s blog Thursday that he is reducing the workforce by 20 employees. The layoffs will shrink Pandora’s staff of 140 employees to 120. [MORE]
Tags: cuts, economy, layoffs, mobile, music, online, pandora, radio
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