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Pandora Audio Ads: What do you think?
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 and considered it far less intrusive than the ...
Interview with Pandora About Developing for WebOS
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
Pandora ads invasive commercials
dailygeek.pressdemocrat.com — Change has come to Pandora.com, the popular free music site that lets listeners craft radio stations to... fit their tastes. The site added 15-second commercial breaks to its streaming music service Tuesday as it continues to experiment with new ways to ... (more) Pandora ads invasive commercials
Pandora Radio Starts Serving Audio Ads
Pandora Radio Starts Serving Audio Ads
techcrunch.com — Pandora Radio , the cool personalized radio station that recommends songs based on its Music Genome Project,... has started serving audio ads. The high royalty costs associated with streaming the songs seem to have finally caught up to the service, ... (more) Pandora Radio Starts Serving Audio Ads
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Pandora Radio Starts Serving Audio Ads
TechCrunch — ... This isn’t the first time Pandora has experimented with embedding audio advertising into its streams - in early 2007 the company experimented with some ads that were met with an overwhelmingly negative reaction. ...

Pandora brings audio ads back to its radio
Webware.com — ... Asking for reaction, Pandora's Chief Technical Officer, Tom Conrad, announced in a blog post on the company's site that users were generally upset with their decision to deploy audio ads. ...

Pandora adds brief, infrequent audio ads
Download Squad — ... This isn't the first time the company tried streaming audio ads in addition to the display ads that show up on the Pandora web page. Back in 2007 Pandora tried a similar experiment, but decided to cancel it due to negative feedback from users. ...

Pandora for Blackberry Now Available
Mashable! — ... Much like its other mobile apps, Pandora for Blackberry will generate a station for you by asking you to enter the name of a favorite song or artist and then use its “music genome” data to select songs you might like. If you’re already a Pandora user, you can login to the application to access your existing station. The service is free to use, and will presumably be ad-supported at some point. ...

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