No, that’s not a typo. According to Pandora founder Tim Westergren, the company is currently activating 100,000 new users every day on mobile devices. Music Ally reports that Westergren made the comments at a press launch for Samsung’s new TVs. The television maker will be spending $70 million on its next-generation TVs, so Pandora will [...]
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
LifeHacker.com recently posted an insightful review of music streaming sites. Streamers such as Grooveshark, Last.FM, RDIO, MOG, Spotify, Rhapsody, Pandora, Slacker, and Napster (in case you couldn’t read the image) were put through the test to see how they compare to one another and which they feel conquers them all. They even provide a nifty [...]
Friday, July 30, 2010
While internet radio company Pandora has been steadily gaining in popularity in the States, many European music fans have been getting their online music fix via Spotify. The service, which offers 8 million tracks, has been met with glowing reviews due to its interface, accessibility, and ease of use. Many music fans were looking forward to [...]
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Pandora has taken internet radio by storm. According to CEO Joe Kennedy, who spoke at the New Music Seminar earlier this week, it recently reached the milestone of 60 million registered users, and has a 52% market share of online listening. Considering they were close to death just over a year ago, that’s great news [...]
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tired of Pandora? Want another service for your iPhone or Android device that streams music? Got $10/month burning a hole in your pocket? Tired of me asking all these questions? Engadget reports that today MOG (which stands for Music On the Go) arrived on Apple’s App Store and the Android Market, offering 8 million songs [...]
Thursday, June 3, 2010
AT&T has announced that as of June 7 – the same day that Apple is set to unveil their new iPhone – that they’ll be eliminating their unlimited data plan. Under their current plan, unlimited data is $30, but soon, $15 per month will get you 200 megabytes, while two gigabytes will be $25, with [...]
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Online music streaming service Pandora has reached a milestone of 50 million registered listeners. While the company has existed since 2006, it didn’t really catch on until 2008, around the time it became available on mobile platforms like the iPhone and Blackberry. As recently as last year, the company had struggled with profitability due to [...]
Friday, March 5, 2010
Internet radio provider Pandora has gained a lot of listeners via their iPhone app, but they’re increasingly taking aim at commuters. The company has hired George Lynch (not the Dokken guitar player) as the VP of automotive business development. Lynch was last at SiriusXM, where he was VP of automotive partnerships. The company had already [...]
Friday, January 8, 2010
For years, traditional thinking has said that when the Internet comes to cars, terrestrial and satellite radio are screwed. That reality has become one step closer with Pioneer’s announcement at the CES that they’re teaming up with Pandora for their high-end ACIC-X920BT receiver. Mashable reports that come March, early adopters that pick up the navigation/entertainment in-dash [...]
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Thanks to Hypebot for pulling this nifty graphic from Compete. Pandora and Last FM, among others, continue to bring in more and more listeners at a steady rate. By the looks of it, the royalty people are more likely to destroy online radio before a general lack of interest does it in.
Taddy Porter is giving fans a chance to win two tickets to see them open for Slash this Fall.
CKY has added more dates to their previously announced Fall tour.
Audio samples from Lordi’s new album Babez For Breakfast can be heard at Amazon.de.
36 Crazyfists has announced dates for a headlining tour, with Straight Line Stitch and Taking Dawn providing support.
Stone Sour is streaming their new album Audio Secrecy in its entirety at NME.com.
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