Category archives: Pandora

The Other Playlists: How Behavior Impacts Songs

Since the beginning of the recording industry, the limitations imposed by format have directly influenced music, from wax cylinders to MP3s. Here we look at how the now dominant format – streaming – is reshaping music. ______________________________ Guest post from AWAL “We should get good enough that you don’t have…

Pandora Reports Solid Q3, 6.8M Paid Subscribers

Pandora reported a sold Q3, including adding 784,000 subscribers in Q3, reaching approximately 6.8 million for its various paid services. That’s a fraction of Spotify or Apple Music, but when factoring users of its free service, Pandora has 68.8 million active users, down slightly, with total listener hours of 4.81…

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Pandora Adds Christine Colbert To Indie Relations Team

Pandora has named Christine Colbert as Senior Manager, Industry Relations – Indie. She joins the streamer from Warp Records, where she was North American Project and Communications Manager, working with such artists as Brian Eno, Aphex Twin and Grizzly Bear. Christine Colbert Prior to joining Warp Colbert worked at the…

Apple Reportedly In Talks To Invest In iHeartMedia

Apple is considering an investment in iHeartMedia, according reports. One source suggests that the tie-in could be more of a major marketing partnership than traditional investment. The discussions between the two companies are reportedly still in the preliminary stages. A Very Different Approach Than Spotify Apple promoting Apple Music or…

Pandora hires Brad Minor as VP, Head of Brand Marketing and Communications

Minor will split his time between Pandora’s headquarters in Oakland and its New York City offices.
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Music’s $20M A Month Man: Spotify’s Daniel Ek Shows Tim Westergren How It’s Done

The industry gave a collective gasp of horror when founder Tim Westergren was pulling down $1,000,000 by selling of Pandora stock while simultaneously fighting artists with royalty loopholes. Chris Castle writes that Spotify’s Daniel Ek is leaving Westergren in the financial dust with a monthly windfall of $20 million. __________________________…

Copying Pandora’s Radio Feature, Spotify Redesigns Its App for Premium Subscribers

Taking a page out of Pandora’s playbook, Premium subscribers on Spotify can now download radio stations. Pandora hasn’t had too much success competing with Spotify. Last year, the company unveiled several premium subscriptions.  In a bid to compete wit…