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Anyone doubting the resurgence of online radio and streaming music in general need look no further than Pandora. Unlike its quasi-competitor, Spotify, the online radio company has been growing users steadily all the while keeping the balance sheet healthy. Latest earnings figures show that Pandora has been consistently out-performing the analysts and for Q3 2013, [...]
December 6th, 2012 by Anthony West
In the online radio space the name that has the most mindshare at the moment is of course Pandora, but there is another player which has been quietly making momentum that is hardly talked about. All that could change given the new approach to marketing iHeartRadio by its owner, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. That [...]
November 21st, 2012 by Anthony West
When Spotify announced its plans to bring its service stateside, a few analysts said flatly that “it wouldn’t fly.” For these analysts, the widespread availability of music downloads and the ever increasing indifference towards paid music subscription was too much of a hurdle to overcome. Spotify wasn’t going to be discouraged though and in July [...]
November 12th, 2012 by Anthony West
Online radio is sort of a big thing right now and the top players are having a field day. All that may change soon though and one of the companies that may be facing a lot of competitive heat is Pandora. A report coming out of Bloomberg is suggesting that Apple may be getting ready [...]
October 27th, 2012 by Anthony West
Pandora is picking up steam in a big way and just announced a whopping 55 million active listeners. This is a 48% growth upon figures for the same time last year and shows that the online radio platform is setting new heights for online radio. Engagement is also growing on Pandora and listeners spent a [...]
August 23rd, 2012 by Anthony West
In a bid to entice more advertisers to its online radio platform, Pandora has been updating all that will pay attention of its latest usage figures. Back in February the company announced that it had surpassed 49 million monthly active users and just recently it announced that that figure now stands at 53.3 million. In [...]
June 22nd, 2012 by Anthony West
Pandora seems to be chugging along nicely, recording a whopping $80.8 million in quarterly revenues for Q1 2012, and now sitting tight on 52 million active users. This is stunning growth when you consider that just last year the company had 53% fewer listeners. Revenues weren’t in great shape either and the $80.8 million recorded [...]
June 10th, 2012 by Anthony West
Pandora is proving that it can hold its own against the upstarts in the online radio space. The company has just announced that there are now more than 150 million registered users on the platform and growth has been outstanding given the level of competition the platform faces. Pandora as you may already know is [...]
May 29th, 2012 by Anthony West
Online personalized radio service Pandora is fast becoming the go-to source for entertainment of that kind. The service now has a whopping 150 million users, many of which have joined up in recent months thanks to the surge in engagement with mobile devices. Speaking at a recent conference, Pandora CEO, Joe Kennedy gave some insight [...]
May 23rd, 2012 by Anthony West
Online radio platform Pandora is now starting to open up a bit in a bid to attract advertisers. This is of course not surprising since competitors like Spotify do this all the time, but still, this degree of openness on Pandora’s part is welcomed. The company recently gave insights as to number of users and [...]
April 20th, 2012 by Anthony West
The tech space can be unpredictable and sometimes punishing—especially for companies operating in sectors know for volatility. This seems to be unfolding right now for Pandora.com, the streaming online radio website who took a beating in the markets recently. Pandora, who by all accounts beat Wall Street expectations for its Q3 performance saw a 11.3% [...]
November 27th, 2011 by Anthony West
Once the internet democratized the access and availability of music, it was always going to be hard to get people to keep paying through the nose for their music consumption. In the years since most people have grown accustomed to getting their music free, there has been many battles, many court cases and a few [...]
November 15th, 2011 by Anthony West
It is clear that in the last 10 years or so, a stream of business models and entities have come into play that revolutionize entirely the markets and industries in which they operate. In many tech circles, the technical term is a disruptor, but in everyday parlance these companies can be called ‘game changers’. One [...]
October 17th, 2011 by Anthony West
Pandora certainly isn’t resting on its laurels; just months after the streaming music and internet radio website went public, things are going up a gear with the addition of a set of ‘workout’ stations. The 12 new workout and exercise stations have been added to encourage a healthy lifestyle among Pandora’s 37 million active listeners. [...]
September 15th, 2011 by Anthony West
Pandora increased the price range of its IPO by at least a third and also raised the number of stocks that would be sold to at least a million. This is in response to the demand from investors for shares in internet companies. Pandora hopes to raise as much as $176.3 million with its new [...]
June 13th, 2011 by Debbie Parker
