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Nathaniel Mott Nov 16, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Pandora acquires Rdio for $75M in cash

Pandora has agreed to acquire key assets from Rdio, a streaming music service that competes with Spotify and similar products, for roughly…

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Media, Technology
Janko Roettgers Mar 6, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- A dollar a day keep ads away

Pandora to release day pass for ad-free listening

Pandora is looking to add a paid day pass to its service later this year, company executives revealed during Pandora’s investor day…

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Media
Jeff Roberts Mar 6, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Be careful what you wish for

The music industry’s broken business could change in 2015

The music business has been screwed up for a hopelessly long time, but change is afoot: Congress, courts and the Justice Department are…

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Media, Technology
Janko Roettgers Feb 25, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Hey Mister DJ

Robots vs. pop stars: Who is better at curating your music?

The Apple rumor mill is getting its groove on these days as new details appear about a revamped streaming service slated to…

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Media
Jeff Roberts Feb 11, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Hippy-dippy law

SiriusXM can fight windfall for ’60s singers, judge rules

Music lovers finally caught a break this week as a federal judge ruled SiriusXM can appeal a jaw-dropping ruling that created a new type…

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Media, Technology
Jeff Roberts Jan 23, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Money for nothing

Apple is latest target in legal shakedown over pre-1972 songs

A controversy over who should get paid when songs are streamed on the internet is about to get a whole lot bigger…

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Apple, Media, Technology
Jeff Roberts Dec 19, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Taking it to the Turtles

Pandora: New copyright claims on oldies music violate free speech

Internet radio service Pandora is striking back against former members of the band The Turtles, claiming that the musicians’ lawsuits — which seek a new set of royalty payments for songs dating…

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Media, Technology
Janko Roettgers Dec 10, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Let the DJ do the talking

Slacker relaunches its radio service to finally land a hit

Online radio service Slacker relaunched its website as well as its iOS app Wednesday, and is scheduled to follow up with an…

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Media
Jeff Roberts Dec 5, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- I fought the law & the law...

SiriusXM hopes a legal blast from the past will fix Oldies mess

SiriusXM recently suffered a series of disastrous courtroom defeats that threaten to harm not just its own digital radio service, but other companies —…

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Media, Technology
Janko Roettgers Dec 1, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Beep raises $4M, adds Spotify to its connected audio adapter

San Francisco-based connected audio device maker Beep Devices has raised $4 million in seed financing, and Beep bringing Spotify to its connected audio adapter.…

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Media
Om Malik Oct 28, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

The utopian invisibility of design and connectivity

As the meaning of design continues to evolve in the tech industry, this is what it means to me.…

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Technology
Jeff Roberts Oct 22, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Pandora gives musicians a data dashboard to see where their fans are

Pandora released AMP on Wednesday, a tool that will let musicians have access to a trove of important data about their fan base, including favorite tracks and where they are located.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Media, Technology
Janko Roettgers Oct 7, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Samsung lands a hit with Milk Music… in Korea

Samsung's Milk Music has become the most popular free app on Google Play in South Korea -- but local labels are threatening to cancel their contracts.…

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Media
Jeff Roberts Oct 5, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Copyright land grab by The Turtles threatens digital music, will not help young musicians

Oldies groups like The Turtles are getting a lot of attention by suing digital music services. The cases amount to yet another unjustified expansion of copyright law.…

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Media, Technology
Jeff Roberts Oct 2, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Music industry piles on Pandora, files new class action on heels of SiriusXM victory

The music industry's surprise victory against SiriusXM last week led to predictions of follow-on lawsuits -- a prediction that is already coming true.…

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Media, Technology
Janko Roettgers Sep 29, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Join Pandora CTO Chris Martin at Structure Connect 2014

The internet of things would be a lot more quiet without music, which is why we invited Pandora’s new CTO Chris Martin to Structure Connect.…

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Media
Janko Roettgers Sep 3, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

With new apps and a free, ad-supported tier, Rdio chases after Pandora

Online music service Rdio is finally living up to its name with a free, ad-supported radio tier as well as new apps that are meant to simplify the experience and boost engagement.…

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Media
Janko Roettgers Aug 29, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Here’s why Apple bought Beats: By 2019, streaming will account for 70 percent of digital music revenue

Digital download revenues are continuing to decline, and in five years, more than two-thirds of all digital music revenue will come from streaming services, according to a new report.…

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Media
Janko Roettgers Aug 27, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Pandora lands on Google Glass

Pandora now has a dedicated Glassware app, which lets you listen to your personalized stations and give your favorite tunes the thumbs-up straight from the Google headset.…

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Media, Mobile
Jeff Roberts Aug 13, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Pandora faces new royalty squeeze as music industry pushes to lift longstanding rules

The music industry wants the government to change World War II era regulations to allow more "flexibility" -- it sounds good in theory, but the charge to change consent decrees appears to be another ploy to squeeze internet radio.…

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Media, Technology
Janko Roettgers Jul 28, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Rhapsody hits 2 million paying subscribers, thanks to Europe, LatAm… and Pandora?

Spotify competitor Rhapsody is growing its subscription numbers in part due to a new service that's more like Pandora. So what does that mean for the future of Rhapsody?…

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Media
Janko Roettgers Jun 13, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Music streaming startup Earbits is shutting down

Streaming music startup Earbits wanted to compete with Pandora without any ads or subscription fees. In the end, this didnt work out.…

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Media, Video
Jeff Roberts Jun 4, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

US review of music licensing spells trouble for internet radio

The Justice Department will reexamine rules that require music publishers to license their song catalogs to everyone on a more or less equal basis.…

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Media, Technology, Video
Janko Roettgers Apr 25, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

With domestic profitability in reach, Pandora looks to expand internationally

One day, Pandora wants to serve billions of people worldwide. To make that happen, it has started to hire people who know a thing or two about international expansion.…

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Media, Video

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