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Taylor Swift 'would make more money on Rhapsody'

Taylor Swift 'would make more money on Rhapsody' | Music business | Scoop.it
Digital music service encourages Swift to take long-term view - but Big Machine Records isn't convinced...
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Pandora launches 'Premieres,' will stream albums before they go on sale

Pandora launches 'Premieres,' will stream albums before they go on sale | Music business | Scoop.it
Internet radio site Pandora is launching a new station called "Pandora Premieres." Unlike its regular service, which creates custom radio stations based on your preferences, Premieres will preview...
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Pandora hits 200 million registered listeners milestone

Pandora hits 200 million registered listeners milestone | Music business | Scoop.it
We are very excited to announce today that Pandora has reached 200 million registered listeners! When we launched www.pandora.com in 2005, we hoped to create a new way to discover and enjoy music t...
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Pandora share of US radio listening up 5.55% YoY

Pandora share of US radio listening up 5.55% YoY | Music business | Scoop.it
Listener hours have also increased 47% from this time last year
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Pandora, iHeartRadio Expand Their Auto Footprints at CES

Pandora, iHeartRadio Expand Their Auto Footprints at CES | Music business | Scoop.it
Pandora and iHeartRadio, the top two Internet radio services in the U.S., have a similar message from the CES conference in Las Vegas: we're still going after the...
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Pandora Eating Into CD and Download Listening, Says NPD

Pandora Eating Into CD and Download Listening, Says NPD | Music business | Scoop.it
Radio is as popular as ever, but not all radio is the same according a new report by NPD Group.
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Songwriters Are Left Out of Pandora's Royalty Plan: Guest Post by Downtown Music's Justin Kalifowitz

Songwriters Are Left Out of Pandora's Royalty Plan: Guest Post by Downtown Music's Justin Kalifowitz | Music business | Scoop.it
Pandora's efforts to lower its royalty rates have inspired conversation and controversy in recent weeks. This editorial by Justin Kalifowitz -- president of Downtown Music...
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Apple Events Have Dropped Pandora Shares Only 6% This Year

Apple Events Have Dropped Pandora Shares Only 6% This Year | Music business | Scoop.it
It may be hard to believe, but Apple news has not really had much of an impact on Pandora’s share price. People may remember the impact from two reports about...
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Pandora, Clear Channel Join Lobby Group for Lower Web Radio Payments

Pandora, Clear Channel Join Lobby Group for Lower Web Radio Payments | Music business | Scoop.it
Pandora and Clear Channel are among the founding members of the Internet Radio Fairness Coalition, a collection of companies, trade associations and advocacy groups...
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Pandora boss reveals some figures

Pandora boss reveals some figures | Music business | Scoop.it

"Possibly feeling that his company has been tarnished a little by the “streaming services underpay artists” mantra that is wheeled out every few weeks these days, the boss of US-based interactive radio service Pandora, Tim Westergren, has made some claims about how much certain artists are earning from their play on his service."

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Apple's Internet-Radio Service Faces Many Snags, Not Just Sony/ATV

Apple's Internet-Radio Service Faces Many Snags, Not Just Sony/ATV | Music business | Scoop.it
Apple's forthcoming Internet-radio service is facing more complications than licensing issues from Sony/ATV -- sources say there are many hurdles for it to surmount before...
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Apple Plans to Challenge Pandora in Web Radio

Apple Plans to Challenge Pandora in Web Radio | Music business | Scoop.it
Apple is in the early stages of negotiating with the major record labels for a service that would send streams of music customized to users’ tastes.
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Mr. Westergren and Pandora Go to Washington

Mr. Westergren and Pandora Go to Washington | Music business | Scoop.it
Legislation drafted by a U.S. Representative suggests that fights over Internet royalties, and the lobbying and publicity efforts by Internet radio giant Pandora, are...
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Spotify Radio Nudges Millions of Listeners Toward Paying for Music

Spotify Radio Nudges Millions of Listeners Toward Paying for Music | Music business | Scoop.it
Last week, Spotify made a big splash by launching an unexpected new feature.
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Pandora's Cap on Mobile Listening Causes Drop in Streams

Pandora's Cap on Mobile Listening Causes Drop in Streams | Music business | Scoop.it

"Pandora’s monthly listening caps pulled down listener hours in April without resulting in a corresponding fall in unique listeners, the company's CFO revealed Monday evening."

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Biting the hand that feeds you: why are record labels fighting Pandora?

Biting the hand that feeds you: why are record labels fighting Pandora? | Music business | Scoop.it
A few years ago, leaders from the major record companies planted the seeds from which they hoped would spring the next generation of music distributors.


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Internet music service Pandora making tour plans

Internet music service Pandora making tour plans | Music business | Scoop.it
Internet radio pioneer Tim Westergren is working on a DIY touring program for musicians.
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Why Does the Music Industry Seem to Hate Fairness? - SlashGear

Why Does the Music Industry Seem to Hate Fairness? - SlashGear | Music business | Scoop.it

Is it just me or does the music industry really, really hate fairness? For years now, we’ve been hearing about labels trying to limit what we can access on digital stores and musicians holding out on offering their tracks because of the so-called “unfairness” across the Web.


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Pandora's Mobile Makeover: Playing to the 'Lean-Forward' Listener

Pandora's Mobile Makeover: Playing to the 'Lean-Forward' Listener | Music business | Scoop.it
Pandora on Monday unveiled a major upgrade to its mobile application in an effort to make its Internet radio service more engaging and social to its 175 million active...
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Rich Uncle Microsoft Puts Ad-Free Pandora on Windows Phone 8

Rich Uncle Microsoft Puts Ad-Free Pandora on Windows Phone 8 | Music business | Scoop.it

"What do you do if you have a lot of money from owning the entire desktop computer market for decades, but people don’t buy as many if your phones as you wish they would?"

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Apple’s “Pandora Challenge” is really a Radio Industry Challenge

Apple’s “Pandora Challenge” is really a Radio Industry Challenge | Music business | Scoop.it
Apple's forthcoming streaming radio service is a significant challenge to ALL radio, not just the folks from Pandora.
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The Truth About Pandora's Payments to Artists

The Truth About Pandora's Payments to Artists | Music business | Scoop.it
Pandora mounted an effective publicity campaign Tuesday by revealing the big dollars in royalties some artists' songs generate on its service (as opposed to how...
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Pandora Leads In Mobile Ad Share

Pandora Leads In Mobile Ad Share | Music business | Scoop.it
Ad supported models will be the key driver for mobile music, according to research released recently by eMarketer. In fact, by 2016, ad supported revenues will make up 86% of that marketplace. In f...
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Meet the Internet Radio Fairness Act, a law that could be a massive financial boon to Pandora

Meet the Internet Radio Fairness Act, a law that could be a massive financial boon to Pandora | Music business | Scoop.it
Pour yourself a cup of coffee, this is slightly complicated. Today, two Representatives, Chaffetz and Polis, introduced the Internet Radio Fairness Act in the House, the lower chamber ...
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Pandora’s Q2 2013: $101.3M In Revenue, 54.9M Active Users, And A Net Loss Of $5.4M

Pandora’s Q2 2013: $101.3M In Revenue, 54.9M Active Users, And A Net Loss Of $5.4M | Music business | Scoop.it
Internet music service Pandora just announced its financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal 2013. The company posted total revenue of $101.3 million, which was up 51 percent year-over-year.
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Q&A: Pandora's Brian Colbert Tells Us How He Booked $100 Million In Mobile Ad Sales

Q&A: Pandora's Brian Colbert Tells Us How He Booked $100 Million In Mobile Ad Sales | Music business | Scoop.it
"It has taken us by surprise."...

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