Who else might be interested in buying Pandora? That’s one of the questions raised by a provision in SiriusXM’s agreement to acquire the music service for $3.5 billion, announced this… Read More
Derek Shen, the president of LinkedIn China, has reportedly resigned from his role at the Microsoft-owned company. The news was originally reported by the South China Morning Post and has… Read More
It was a busy week in gadget news. The Nintendo Switch scored an early win as the best console launch in the company’s history, Pandora announced a premium music streaming service, and… Read More
Pandora, the Internet radio giant that pioneered music streaming, is launching a premium subscription service to compete with industry titans Spotify and Apple Music. Pandora Premium, like its competitors, is a $10/month… Read More
The evolving picture of Brian McAndrews’ tech career is taking a new turn as Seattle-based PicMonkey, the photo editing and graphic design platform, announced Wednesday that it has added the ex-Pandora… Read More
If you’re a bit of a control freak when it comes to the music you listen to in the car, Uber is launching a new and improved Rider Music experience.… Read More
Amazon Echo owners can now set Spotify or Pandora to be their default music player. Previously, Echo users could have their device play music from Spotify or Pandora, but they… Read More
Internet radio service Pandora, facing intense competition from Apple, Spotify and other rivals in digital music, this morning announced the departure of its CEO Brian McAndrews, the longtime technology executive with deep roots… Read More
Pandora is meeting with potential buyers after its stock plummeted 60 percent since October, according to a report in the New York Times. The streaming music company had a market value of… Read More
Pandora is going to be paying 20 percent more for every song its users stream, after the Copyright Royalty Board released a decision today hiking rates for streaming songs from $.0014… Read More
Streaming music service Rdio will play its last song soon. The service, founded by Skype co-founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstroem, is declaring bankruptcy. But the streaming service may live on… Read More
Apple unveiled its new $9.99/month streaming music service this morning, staking its claim in a market with a large number of existing competitors. Established players include radio services like Pandora,… Read More
Pandora has recently expanded its presence in both Seattle and Portland, trying to take a bite out of the billion-dollar local advertising market. Pandora’s presence in the Northwest offers a new twist on… Read More
Apple is expected to announce a new music streaming service next week that, if successful, could cannibalize its own music download business. The service, which is expected to cost $10 a… Read More
Amazon’s Echo virtual-assistant-in-a-speaker received a small update today that improves the service for sports fans and music fans. People who enjoy streaming music from Pandora’s radio service can now start… Read More
It’s hard out there for a streaming music service in the U.S. A new chart from Statista shows just how crowded the market is for businesses vying to provide music… Read More
Amazon’s music service now has an ad-free radio station feature similar to what companies like Pandora and Apple (iTunes Radio) already offer. Amazon today updated its Prime Music iOS app to include… Read More
Music streaming service Pandora posted quarterly revenue figures that fell short of Wall Street estimates: $268 million versus an anticipated $277 million. CNBC reports Pandora’s shares were down as much as… Read More
Alexa, the virtual personality behind Amazon Echo, will now repeat anything you want. As long as you don’t step into NSFW language, that is. Over the weekend, Amazon began notifying owners of its… Read More
Amazon just added a pair of new features to its Echo intelligent talking speaker, providing voice controls for three third-party music services, and making it possible to get the device’s “Alexa” digital persona… Read More
Pandora has started offering musicians more details about how users on its online radio service are interacting with the songs they play. The company launched the Artist Marketing Platform (AMP) today,… Read More
Brian McAndrews, former head of aQuantive and Pandora’s new CEO got some good news today from the company’s law firm: it looks like the service won’t be losing music any… Read More
New Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews may soon have a good chunk of cash to work with, just days after taking over the Internet radio company. Pandora said today it plans… Read More
Newly-named Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews is well known in technology and media circles as an online advertising whiz. But, let’s get right to the juicy stuff first: What’s his top… Read More
Microsoft today unveiled its Xbox Music hub for the web, allowing Xbox Music Pass subscribers to stream their tunes right from the browser. The Redmond giant says that, with a… Read More
Apple unveiled its long-awaited move into streaming music this morning, announcing plans to release a free Internet radio service called iTunes Radio later this year. It follows the mold of… Read More
Internet radio giant Pandora announced a move into the living room today with the launch of tv.pandora.com, which is designed to bring the internet radio service direct to your television… Read More
It’s makeover time for the Rhapsody iOS app, as the Seattle online music streaming company just debuted a completely redesigned version of the app. There are several differences from the… Read More
To many listeners, one benefit of purchasing physical music is the ability to learn who was responsible for the behind-the-scenes production, like the names of songwriters, background vocalists or song… Read More
Jon Maples, Rhapsody VP of Product and Content, has some veteran advice for fellow music streaming competitors Spotify and Rdio: Stop making the same mistakes we did. In this blog post,… Read More