Category archives: Pandora

Here Is Why SiriusXM Pandora Deal Makes Sense

It’s been a minute since SiriusXM bought up streaming service Pandora, a purchase decision which should greatly benefit the satellite streamer in a number of areas. including making it the worlds biggest audio entertainment company. _________________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Now that some of the dust…

Arithmetic Online: The Ethical Pool Solution To Streaming Royalty Allocation

Fans and artists alike are currently more than a little a displeased by the "Big Pool" method with which streaming services calculate how artists get paid. Here we explore an alternative method of calculating these royalties dubbed the "Ethical Pool Solution" which would allow listeners to direct royalties only to…

SoundCloud Signs Advertising Pacts With Pandora and DAX

Will the new deals help solidify SoundCloud as a viable sales advertising platform? Over in the UK, SoundCloud has expanded its partnership. The company has revealed a re-upped deal with DAX, an advanced audio sales platform.  DAX has worked exclusivel…

SoundCloud teams with Pandora to rival Spotify for advertising sales in the US

The two companies reach an ad audience of more than 100 million
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Pandora Opens Up Artist Metrics to Next Big Sound Users

Now, you can view key metrics on just about any Pandora artist on Next Big Sound.  But, is it too little too late for the digital radio service? Before, only artists, managers, and record labels could measure the success of a musician on Pandora throug…

Apple’s buyout of Shazam: 5 reasons it could change music streaming forever

How the world’s leading voice-recognition app could shake up the streaming game
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Apple Music Converts Paying Customers Nearly 3 Times Faster than Spotify

Apple Music comes preloaded on iOS and works across all Apple products.  That alone seems to have made the difference for the streaming music service. During Apple’s Q3 2018 financial report, the company made a stunning revelation. Confirming an earlie…

Could SiriusXM’s buyout of Pandora finally deliver the first true ‘full-stack’ music company?

Pandora is back in the game of music streaming – and can dare to dream big
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