Pandora has been under attack from musicians lately. Pink Floyd, for instance, blasted Pandora. David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven also claimed that his song got 1 million plays on Pandora and he only got $16.89. Michael Degusta at The Understatement decided to dig a little further into the Pan... Read more...
Apple has sent out contracts to independent labels detailing its iTunes Radio terms. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple will be paying a higher rate per song than competitor Pandora, and it will also offer additional ad revenue too. Apple will pay independent labels 0.13 cents e... Read more...
Obviously, the digital revolution hasn't been very good for the music business. Not even apps like Spotify and Pandora are helping. Sure, Spotify and Pandora pay musicians every time one of their songs are played – but they don't pay much. Take cellist Zoë Keating, for example. In a blog po... Read more...
Streaming music might not be so bad for artists after all, as Pandora CEO Tim Westergren revealed todaythat some artists are making more than $2 million a year. While that's not across the board, even some of the lesser-known music artists on the service make at least $100,000 per year. "The... Read more...
This is a format exploding in front of our very eyes. It's bigger than Pandora, and in fact, it's the reason why Pandora has so many jabbing competitors! According to just-released survey data from Edison Research and Arbitron, 103 million Americans are now accessing online radio in some form, in ... Read more...
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06/04/2011,
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Pandora has been served a subpoena related to a federal investigation into personal information shared by smartphone apps "that run on the Apple and Android mobile platforms," according to an update to the SEC filing that announced the company's plans for an IPO. Pandora said the government has i... Read more...
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10/03/2011,
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Microsoft may be taking a shot at Pandora: the company is hiring developers to work on a project code-named Ventura, a set of services that will "revolve around music\video discovery and consumption," reports Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet. The service will reportedly include ratings, recommendations, and... Read more...
Pandora founder Tim Westergren talks about Pandora's place in the evolving worlds of music and technology. Via: Read more...