jkontherun.com - 5/22/2009
—
We have covered Pandora since its launch as the technology behind the company’s ability to ferret out only music that you will like is second to none. That’s our opinion anyway based on years of heavy usage. It’s uncanny how Pandora can take what it knows about songs you like ...
bloomberg.com - 5/19/2009
—
bloomberg.com —
May 19 (Bloomberg) -- Pandora Media Inc. ,
the free online- radio service that generates playlists based
on users’ musical preferences, aims to be profitable next year for the first time since the company started in 2000, founder Tim Westergren said. ...
(more)
Pandora Media Founder Sees Company’s First Profit Next Year
blog.pandora.com - 5/20/2009
—
blog.pandora.com —
When you start building something like Pandora you
quickly realize there's going to be a bunch of
things that you'd love to do from day one that will have to wait for a later date. We have a long list like that and one staple of that list for the ...
(more)
Pandora One: Upgrade the Pandora Experience
wired.com - 5/19/2009
—
wired.com —
Having followed Pandora’s progress for nearly a decade,
I’ve seen the company do just about everything one
can do with interactive radio — except for turn a profit. That will change in 2010, according to Pandora founder Tim ...
(more)
Pandora Predicts First-Ever Profit
Comments
Blog Reactions
MobileTechRoundup 172- Pre-Plannning
jkOnTheRun —
... HERE to download the file and listen directly.
HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia)
TOPICS:
The Palm Pre arrives on June 6th. Two out of three of us are buying.
Plans, strategies and thoughts for launch day
What are the odds of success for Nokia’s N97?
Hands-on with the HTC Touch Diamond2
Pandora One for $36 annually looks and sounds like a winner.
If ...
Recently on jkOnTheRun [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
... of the Palm Pre looming ever nearer. We covered a wide range of topics on jkOnTheRun, here are the top stories in case you missed them:
Got My Verizon MiFi Today for $4.13
Microsoft Reviving the Tablet PC? Maybe Apple IS Working on One
It’s Official: Palm Pre Launches June 6- Get it at Walmart
Who’s Buying a Palm Pre?
Why We’re Buying a Palm Pre
Pandora One- Better Than the Free Version
Maybe It’s Time to Look at Windows ...
Web Radio Agreement Reached- Pandora is Safe [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
... Pandora has both a free version and a paid version (Pandora One) of the streaming service and this new royalty will result in a change in the free version. Heavy users of the free version of Pandora will have to kick in $0.99 for the remainder of any month in which they hit 40 hours of streaming music. That sounds pretty reasonable to me and heavy users should consider the paid version anyway to help them stay afloat. ...
Related Content
Pandora Tunes Into $35 Million
pehub.com 7/10/2009 — Online radio network Pandora has raised $35 million in new VC funding, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal. No word yet on whoâs leading the round, or which existing shareholders re-upped. Pandora had previously raised around $29 ...
interview, Pandora, Pocket Gamer
pocketgamer.co.uk 4/8/2009 — "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry." It's worth bearing this famous quote in mind when calling to mind the incredibly exciting Pandora handheld; when we interviewed the guys behind the project back in August 2008 the plan was to ...
Vudu Players Can Now Stream Pandora Internet Radio [Vudu]
i.gizmodo.com 3/16/2009 — Vudu expanded upon its Rich Internet Application (RIA) platform today with a little music, as the popular, personalized Pandora Internet radio service is now immediately available to customers. Vudu notes that this is the first music application to ...
Poll: Would You Pay 99 Cents per Month for Unlimited Pandora?
wired.com 7/9/2009 — Music fans scored a major victory yesterday, when record labels and webcasters of all sizes came to an agreement on how copyright holders should be compensated when their music is streamed over the internet.
Previous royalty rates threatened to ...
Pandora One Gets an Update to Desktop App 2.0
mashable.com 9/2/2009 — Pandora got a large number of votes in our recent lunchtime poll for favorite music streaming service. And if you’re one of the proud subscribers to the Pandora One service, you’ve got some good news today: the Pandora Desktop App was ...
Pandora Now Working on the BlackBerry Storm
crackberry.com 4/14/2009 —
Wowza. The CrackBerry Tips inbox is a mess and the forums are a buzz on word that Pandora has been updated. And with the step up to version 1.02, it appears Pandora has finally embraced the BlackBerry Storm. Sweet. I'll keep this ...
Pandora’s iPhone App Gets Concert Listings — Through An Ad
techcrunch.com 6/23/2009 — Pandora had the top downloaded iPhone app for all of last year, and it continues to be a big success for the company, even helping them make some money . Now there’s another avenue to potentially do that with personalized concert listings ...
More Audio Ads Likely Coming To Pandora
paidcontent.org 5/15/2009 — As Pandora's audience begins to increasingly mirror that of radio listeners at large, the company will likely run additional audio ads, Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy said at the econSM Conference Thursday. Currently, Pandora runs only a small number of ...
Pandora Comes to Windows Mobile
mashable.com 12/16/2008 — With more than 2 million downloads, Pandora already has one of the most popular free applications for the iPhone. Today, the Internet radio service is extending its mobile presence to Windows Mobile devices, offering up the same experience to users ...
Follow TechBlips on Twitter
