There has been quite a buzz today over the appearance of ads on Pandora‘s Web radio streams. Pandora has been trying to stay afloat with super-high music licensing fees and felt the need to include a minor number of audio ads between some songs.
We have mentioned numerous times how we love Pandora and use it all the time, both at the desktop and on the iPhone. We say to Pandora- do what you have to do to keep us listening to your fantastic streaming music. We’ll support you all the way.
You can pay for a premium Pandora service for $36 per year that is ad-free. The sad part is that until this flap about the ads I didn’t realize there was a paid service available. I would gladly pony up that kind of dough to keep Pandora afloat.

(via TechCrunch)
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