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The Freemium Model And A Desktop App Get The Thumbs Up With Pandora One
TechCrunch —
... that doesn’t like it. In fact, some users like it so much that they actually ask for ways to pay the company, to make sure it stays alive (something that has been a question mark given the oppressive Internet radio licensing costs). And while there has been a limited subscription version for some time, Pandora has never proactively promoted it. But starting tomorrow it’s taking the freemium model seriously, with the launch of Pandora One. ...
Pandora One: Good For You, Even Better For Pandora
Mashable! —
... Starting today, however, the company is expanding its paid offerings and releasing Pandora One, a subscription-based upgrade that will transform the way you use the Internet radio service. ...
Pandora One- Better than the Free Version
jkOnTheRun —
... The company has been in financial trouble for some time with the music industry hammering them with royalties for dishing out tunes for us. They instituted a voluntary donation of $36/ year a while back to try to stay afloat. The free accounts still work, they just have some ads to tolerate. Recently they launched the new Pandora One service which basically is the same paid service with some other bells and whistles. ...
Popular Streaming App Pandora Launches Premium Service With Desktop App
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
... Chances are good that if you’re a fan of streaming music online, you’ve heard of Pandora. And, apparently users of the service like it so much that they’ve actually been asking about ways to pay the company to guarantee its survival. At long last those (strange) questions have been answered, with the introduction of Pandora One.
Pandora One is a subscription-based model allowing users that shell out $36 a year access to some premium options. First off, premium users will no longer have to put up with ads of any kind (this includes the in-stream audio ads). ...
The UMPC- Perfect E-book Reader? [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
... You’re also likely to see me with earbuds in place, as I like to listen to music streamed by Pandora One while I am reading. I turn the volume down low enough that it doesn’t distract me from the book but provides a pleasant background to the reading. The Pandora One desktop app is great for this, and once it’s started, I minimize it out of the way and get down to the reading business. ...
The UMPC- Perfect E-book Reader?
jkOnTheRun —
... You’re also likely to see me with earbuds in place as I like to listen to music streamed by Pandora One while I am reading. I turn the volume down low enough that it doesn’t distract me from the book but provides a nice pleasant background to the reading. The Pandora One desktop app is great for this and once it’s started I minimize it out of the way and get down to the reading business. ...
Pandora Caps Free Streaming at 40 Hours per Month [Pandora]
Lifehacker —
... , after signing over 25 percent of its revenue to the music licensing firms. The bad news, at least for daily streamers, is that free accounts will be limited to 40 hours per monthly period. Users can then pay $0.99 to unlock streaming for the rest of the month (or upgrade to Pandora One for $36/year). Pandora fans, will this move you onto alternatives like ...
Poll: Would You Pay 99 Cents per Month for Unlimited Pandora?
Wired: Epicenter —
... and labels, heavy Pandora listeners will have to pay up so that the company can cover these higher — albeit non-lethal — royalty rates. If you reach Pandora’s new free listening limit of 40 hours per month, you’ll be asked to pony up a 99-cent fee. If you decline, your carefully-sculpted Pandora channels will be off-limits until the following month, when you can start listening for free again. (Another option is to pay $36 for a year’s subscription to Pandora One, which removes ...
MacVoices #986 - Pandora Founder Tim Westergren Discusses Their Royalties Victory and Recent Service Enhancements
MacVoices —
... on Pandora; Tim explains why, reviews their position at the intersection of musicians, the music business and users, and talks about how to get your music included on the service.
Links:
Chuck Joiner on Twitter
The MacVoices Group
Pandora Radio on Twitter
Tim Westergren on Twitter
Pandora Radio Blog, including Tim’s post announcing the royalty agreement
Pandora One
Pandora Mobile
Pandora app in the iTunes ...
Pandora's desktop app for subscribers gets an update
Download Squad —
... One of the many perks the Pandora streaming music offers its subscribers is access to the Pandora One desktop app for Windows and Mac. That perk just got a lot cooler, now that ...
LUNCHTIME POLL: What Web Services Are Worth Paying For?
Mashable! —
... As it turns out, it seems like a lot of people enjoy being asked what they think (who knew?), so we’re keeping the tradition rolling with a special Weekend Edition.
Are you in? Let’s get on with the weekend question:
What web services are worth paying for?
I’ll get the ball rolling by sharing the services and apps I’m currently shelling out for: Flickr Pro, Gmail (extra storage), Pandora One, and Netflix (counting the Instant Queue as a web service). ...
Mobile Tech Minutes — My Oft-Used Utilities [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
... This little screencast is a showcase of some of the utilities I use every day to make my life easier. In the video you’ll see:
App for the milk- free desktop app for Remember The Milk
Remember The Milk Gmail gadget
SoundSource
Pandora One desktop app
MacJournal
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