Hypebot reports that SoundCloud has appointed Dan Gerber, formerly the National Director of Strategic Partnerships at Pandora, to lead brand sales. Gerber will begin in June, and SoundCloud will open it’s New York City office later this summer. . Read More

Pandora, the leading Internet radio service, has just announced that the company has begun the search for a successor to the Company's CEO, Joseph Kennedy, who will continue as the CEO till they find a new one. Read More

The Wall Street Journal reports that Internet radio company Pandora has announced that it is going to introduce a 40-hours-per-month cap on free mobile listening in keeping with the company's efforts to control royalty costs. The company said the new limit will have impact on fewer than 4% of its overall monthly active users. Read More

In this guest column by Patrick McMullen, he refers to social conversation and online listening statistics to better understand how audiences interact with music today. . Read More

The NY Post reports that Internet radio service Pandora has agreed to a 25 percent increased in royalties it will pay to music publisher Sony/ATV, a joint venture between Sony Corp. and the Michael Jackson estate. Read More

The Chernin Group announced it has secured “a significant equity investment” from Qatar Holding LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but reports value the deal at about $100 million. Read More

When it comes to digital music, Apple and Pandora are the market leaders in their respective sectors, according to a new report from the NPD Group. Read More