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palminfocenter.com - 1/14/2009

Interview with Pandora About Developing for WebOS

— palminfocenter.com — Pandora WebOS Tom Conrad has a long history in engineering and product design: he's led teams that... have worked on everything from operating systems to video games, including the fondly-remembered PC classic You Don't Know Jack. Currently the Chief ... (more) Interview with Pandora About Developing for WebOS

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blog.pandora.com - 1/20/2009

Pandora Audio Ads: What do you think?

— blog.pandora.com — I for one am understanding of your need to generate revenue to maintain this excellent service. Especially... if you go to some of the background or portable options you hint at above, audio ads may be the only way to do that. I heard the McDonalds ad ... (more) Pandora Audio Ads: What do you think?

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i.gizmodo.com - 1/21/2009

We Now Interrupt Pandora Radio For This Brief Message, Every So Often [Pandora]

— i.gizmodo.com — Everybody's favorite web- and iPhone-streaming internet radio service Pandora is now getting brief 15-second audio commercials sprinkled... into its free playlists. The campaign, which started yesterday for a targeted segment of pandora listeners, ... (more) We Now Interrupt Pandora Radio For This Brief Message, ...

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We Now Interrupt Pandora Radio For This Brief Message, Every So Often [Pandora]
Gizmodo — Everybody's favorite web- and iPhone-streaming internet radio service Pandora is now getting brief 15-second audio commercials sprinkled into its free playlists. The campaign, which started yesterday for a targeted segment of pandora listeners, brings a 15-second audio spot for the Fox show "Lie to Me" (yay!) after you stream 10 songs, and then again after an additional 20 songs are played. Users who are targeted for the ad should expext to hear 15 seconds of advertising every 2 hours. As much as I don't want to be coaxed into watching "Lie to Me" in ...

Pandora online radio gets audio ads
Obsessable News Feed — 15-second ads will play once every two hours or so, but that's enough to upset some choosy customers. Pandora is the world's most popular online radio station. It streams music catered to your tastes (thanks to a complicated algorithm) to your computer or your iPhone, and believe it or not, it's free. It survives thanks to a few ads on the webpage, but until now there were no audio ads interrupting the music. We're pretty sure that's one of the reasons it's so popular! Unfortunately, the site has been struggling despite its vast army of users. Royalty fees for online radio are exorbitantly high, and ...

Pandora brings audio ads back to its radio
Webware.com — ... So far, the advertisements have been used sparingly. Pandora's Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Tim Westergren, told PressDemocrat.com in an interview that the average user will only hear an ad once every two hours, but the company is experimenting to see what works. ...

Pandora adds brief, infrequent audio ads
Download Squad — Filed under: Audio, Internet, Web Web based music streaming service Pandora has begun streaming something in addition to music: ads. Now, you might not notice the ads at first. They're only about 15 seconds long, not every user will be hearing them right away, and Pandora CEO Tim Westergren says the ...