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Web Music Service Pandora Introduces Desktop Application

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 4, 2008 - 1:07pm.

Oakland, Calif. - Pandora, a provider of personalized streaming radio, on Wednesday introduced a beta release of its new downloadable desktop application, which allows users to access its ad-supported service directly from their desktops. The application was built on Adobe's AIR platform, and will utilize graphic rather than audio ads.

tags: Music | Pandora | Adobe AIR |

Clear Channel May Offer Pandora Personalized Web Radio

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 12, 2008 - 9:01am.

Denver - Radio broadcaster Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU) is looking to add a personalized Web radio player to its station websites, and is in talks with Pandora, but no deal has yet been finalized, Billboard reports.

Pandora to Shutter U.K. Service; Royalties too High

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 9, 2008 - 11:52am.

Las Vegas - Pandora, a service that lets users create personalized Internet radio stations based on their preferences, plans to close its U.K. service next week in light of high music royalty payments.

Large Webcasters Petition Lawmakers for Royalty Rate Parity

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 6, 2007 - 10:16am.

Washington - Large Internet radio purveyors AOL (NYSE: TWX), Yahoo (NASD: YHOO), RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK), Pandora and Live365 earlier this week sent a letter to key lawmakers in Washington, asking them to consider performance royalty parity for broadcast, satellite, cable and Internet radio. The letter was addressed to U.S. House Intellectual Property Subcommittee Chairman Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), whose committees are currently re-evaluating the broadcast radio industry's royalty rate exemption.

AT&T Launches Pandora Music Discovery Service for Mobile

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 8, 2007 - 10:50am.

San Antonio, Texas - AT&T (NYSE: T) on Thursday announced that it has launched a mobile version of the Pandora music discovery and personalized streaming radio service for its wireless subscribers.

tags: Mobile | Music | AT&T | Pandora |

Pandora Adds Social Network Features, Original Programming

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 6, 2007 - 12:13pm.

Oakland, Calif. - Music discovery service Pandora on Tuesday introduced a number of new features, including social networking elements and a new series of Pandora-produced podcasts and videos. Included in Pandora Extras are "Now Playing," a feature that lists song and artist information, recommends similar songs and bands, and points to other Pandora users who are fans of the song; "Friends," which connects Pandora users and allows imports from Web mail address books; and a set of over 100 streaming music stations arranged by genre.

Webcasters to Protest Higher Rates Tuesday with Day of Silence

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 21, 2007 - 11:07am.

Washington - Facing significantly higher royalty rates, thousands of webcasters are planning to protest by shuttering their stations for a day next week.

Top Execs at Large Webcasters Petition Congress on Music Royalties

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 7, 2007 - 12:47pm.

Washington - Top executives at large webcasters Yahoo, RealNetworks, Live365 and Pandora on Thursday sent a letter to Congress, asking for additional focus on the results of a Copyright Royalty Board decision that raised rates webcasters must pay to stream music online.

Pandora Personalized Web Radio Comes to Sprint Phones, Sonos Player

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 23, 2007 - 2:05pm.

Oakland, Calif. - Pandora, the personalized Web radio service, announced on Wednesday that its service is now available on cell phones to Sprint subscribers.

Pandora Shuts Off Web Radio Service to Non-U.S. Users

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 4, 2007 - 2:03pm.

Oakland, Calif. - Pandora, an online radio service that automatically creates stations based on each user's particular musical tastes, has turned off access to non-U.S. residents, saying it does not have the necessary music licenses to offer its service in other territories.

AARP Teams With Pandora to Launch Customized Web Radio Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 1, 2007 - 3:59pm.

Washington - The nonprofit AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) on Tuesday announced the launch of a music website where users can create their own customized online radio stations. The organization partnered with Pandora, a service that generates artist recommendations, to power the service, and solicited artists Patti LaBelle, Corinne Bailey Rae and Joss Stone to create Pandora-powered stations featuring their favorite artists. The site will also feature social networking elements, allowing visitors to post music reviews on blogs and discussion boards.

Musicovery & Pandora: Two More Music Sources Worth Knowing

Authored by Scott Goldberg on April 24, 2007 - 8:38am.
Be Your Own DJ In February I wrote about 6 Audio Entertainment Sources Better Than XM-Sirius and took a lot flack for omitting dozens of others.  It turns out people are passionate about their music sites (who would've guessed?).  I decided this topic was worth keeping track of in light of our current environment in which Xirius looks like a no-go, Steve Jobs is half-heartedly trying to kill DRM, everyone in the digital music business is trying to kill Steve Jobs, and the Copyright Royalty Board is trying to kill internet radio.  At The Millennials Conference last week, a couple kids-in-the-know switched me on to 2 more sources of free music, Musicovery and Pandora.  If you’ve never used them, here’s the rub:

Will 2007 Be The Last Year DRM is Used for Selling Digital Music?

Authored by Jay Baage on February 7, 2007 - 9:09am.
tags: Internet | Law | Music | DRM | Pandora | HitWise |

Analysis: Pandora Visits up Six Fold in Past Year, Surpasses Last.fm

Authored by Hitwise on December 20, 2006 - 11:50am.
The Following is a blog antry from LeeAnn Prescott at Hitwise: I've been using Pandora, the "music discovery service" powered by the Music Genome Project, on and off during the past year and today took a look at how it compares against a similar service, Last.fm.

Slim Devices Adds Pandora Service to Squeezebox Web Radio Player

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 9, 2006 - 3:17am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Slim Devices, a maker of networked entertainment devices, said on Thursday that it will integrate customized radio stations from Pandora Radio on its Squeezebox Internet music player. Oakland, Calif.-based Pandora's technology creates a custom radio stream based on songs with musical similarities to a listener's favorite songs. The $249 Squeezebox is a standalone Internet radio that can connect wirelessly to a home network; the Pandora service is an extra $36 per year.
tags: Radio | Squeezebox | Slim | Pandora | Adds |