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Pandora Bringing More Features To Mobile Apps
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) — Internet radio company Pandora is adding more functionality to its mobile apps—showing lyrics and artist information and making it easier to share self-crafted stations with...
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Tech Report: MySpace Redesign Takes Shape
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – It’s been a year since Justin Timberlake announced that he was buying a stake in MySpace, trying to help reverse the fortunes of the once-dominant social networking site. But the...
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Pandora Outlook For Loss Sparks Sell-Off
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. said Tuesday that its third-quarter net profit more than tripled to $2 million as revenue rose slightly faster than costs. But it...
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Oakland’s Pandora Introducing Cap On Streaming Radio Service
OAKLAND (KCBS) — Streaming radio service Pandora will introduce a cap on mobile listening as it grapples with rising royalty rates. Nonpaying users of the Oakland-based service will be limited to 40...
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Pandora CEO Kennedy To Step Down
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) – Shares of Internet radio pioneer Pandora Media Inc. shot up on Thursday after the company said CEO Joseph Kennedy is stepping down and it reported a narrower loss and higher...
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Google Unveils New Streaming Music Service At SF Conference
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Google Inc. unveiled a streaming music service called All Access that blends songs users have already uploaded to their online libraries with millions of other tracks. Google...
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Pandora Stock Rises On Strong Earnings Report
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) – Internet radio company Pandora reported higher-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter, with losses in line with analysts’ forecasts, as the number of subscribers who pay for...
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Apple Unveils Music Streaming Service: iTunes Radio
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Apple unveiled an Internet radio service called iTunes Radio on Monday and said the service will personalize listeners’ music based on what they’ve listened to and what they’ve...
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Pandora Stock Hits All-Time High After Court Battle Win Over Royalty Costs
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) – Pandora stock hit an all-time high Thursday in the wake of a court ruling that should help the Internet radio giant trim its songwriter royalty costs. On the heels of the ruling, the...
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Pandora Posts 3Q Loss, Revenue Up 50 Percent
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Shares of Pandora Media Inc. are dropping after the Internet radio leader’s outlook for the three months through January was mostly short of Wall Street’s forecast. The company on...
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Larry Magid: Spotify Streams Free On Mobile Devices
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Spotify is now letting people stream music for free on mobile devices. Previously the app was free on desktops, but only subscribers were able to listen on smartphones. I suppose...
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Larry Magid: Google To Expand Chromecast Programming
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Google has been slowly working its way onto your television set since introducing its Chromecast device. Now there are reports that the amount of programming users can watch will...
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Investors Soured On Twitter Earnings; Other Social Media Stocks Surging
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Social media stocks are some of the bigger movers on Wall Street, and they’re heading in both directions. Overall, Internet-related stocks have rallied big time over the past...
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Pandora Raises Price For Commercial-Free Streaming Music Service
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Popular Internet radio firm Pandora will soon raise the price for its commercial-free streaming music service by a dollar to $4.99 a month for new users, beginning in May. Existing...
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Amazon Unveils FireTV Set-Top Box To Compete With Apple TV, Google...
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is making a bid to enter living rooms with Amazon Fire TV, a new streaming device that delivers online video, music and other content to televisions. The company says the $99...
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Record Labels Sue Oakland-Based Pandora For Playing Oldies Like “Hey Jude”
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) — Major record labels are suing Internet radio giant Pandora for copyright infringement for using songs recorded before 1972 without paying license fees. The labels, including...
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Car Dashes May Be Next Frontier In Targeted Advertising
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — The car may be the next frontier in delivering advertising content to consumers. Location based ads are popping up in dashboards across the country, and location is just the...
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Larry Magid: Google Acquires Mood-Based Streaming Music Service, Songza
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Google announced their latest acquisition as part of their evolving digital music strategy. Financial terms weren’t disclosed Tuesday about their deal with Songza, a service that...
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Oakland-Based Pandora Internet Radio Cuts First-Ever Direct Deal With Artists
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — Internet radio leader Pandora has come to its first-ever direct licensing deal with artists, a wide-ranging agreement with independent label group Merlin that both said would...
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Google Adds Mood Music In Hopes Of Luring Pandora, Spotify Listeners To Play
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) _ Google is adding mood music to the mix as it tries to lure listeners away from Pandora, Spotify and other popular services that play tunes over the Internet. The feature is...
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Pandora Founder’s Plan For 17-Bedroom Compound In Rural West Marin Riles Some...
INVERNESS PARK (CBS SF) — The founder of internet radio giant Pandora and his plans to build what could be the largest private residence in rural West Marin County has some nearby residents banding...
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Marin Residents Upset After Pandora Co-Founder Proposes Mega-Mansion
MARIN COUNTY (KPIX 5) — Residents of a Marin Community said they don’t want a mega-mansion next door. The people of Inverness Park told KPIX 5 that the tech giant planning to build it should start...
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App Linking Low-Tech Farmers To Hi-Tech Profits Wins PUSHTech2020 Start Up...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — When civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson put dozens of investors with money to spend and bright African-American and Latino entrepreneurs with start-ups to fund in a...
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Music Streaming App Pandora To Mark Anniversary With Ad-Free Day
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) — Pandora will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a day of free advertisements. The streaming service said Tuesday it will launch Listener Love Day on Sept. 9 for 24 hours without...
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Pandora Says It Will Buy Ticketfly For $450M
NEW YORK (AP) — Streaming music company Pandora says it will buy Ticketfly for $450 million in a move that takes the company beyond music sharing and into ticket sales and marketing. Pandora runs a...
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Pandora To Pay $90 Million To Settle Suit Over Pre-1972 Hits
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Streaming music company Pandora has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a lawsuit brought by major record labels over its use of recordings released before 1972. The labels,...
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Pandora Strikes $75M Rdio Deal, Promises New Features
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Pandora says it is acquiring technology and intellectual property from Rdio and will add new features to its Internet music streaming service by late next year. The $75 million cash...
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Pandora Stock Jumps After Copyright Judges Rule On Streaming Rates For...
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) — A panel of copyright judges has raised the amount Internet music streaming services like Pandora must pay to record labels next year and beyond, potentially easing concerns artists...
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Pandora Names Co-Founder Tim Westergren As CEO
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) — Pandora, which is facing increasing competition from Apple Music, Spotify and other music streaming services, says it named co-founder Tim Westergren as CEO. Westergren is replacing...
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Questlove of The Roots To Host Weekly Show On Pandora
OAKLAND (CBS SF/AP) — ‘The Roots’ drummer Questlove is starting a new three-hour weekly show on the streaming music service Pandora that will feature music, interviews and conversations from the...
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Pandora’s New Streaming Service To Take On Spotify, Apple Music
OAKLAND (CBS SF/AP) – Pandora will soon take on Spotify, Apple Music and others in an extremely competitive field with its own, $10 monthly streaming music service, and a cheaper version as well. The...
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Pandora To Cut 7 Percent Of Workforce
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Pandora’s stock is climbing before the opening bell Friday after the online radio company provided a stronger fourth-quarter revenue outlook and announced plans to cut...
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Tommy Page, Former Pop Star And Music Executive Dies
NEW YORK (CBS SF/AP) — Tommy Page, a former pop star whose song “I’ll Be Your Everything” went to No. 1 in 1990 and who later became a record company executive, publisher of Billboard magazine and a...
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Pandora Starts On-Demand Music Subscription Service
OAKLAND (AP) — Internet radio company Pandora is launching an on-demand music service for $10 a month. Pandora’s existing service works more like radio. People listen to music on customizable stations....
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First Look at Disney World’s New Pandora-World of Avatar Land
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — It’s not a movie set, but visitors to Disney World’s new Pandora-World of Avatar land are in for a cinematic experience. The 12-acre land, inspired by the “Avatar” movie,...
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Sirius XM Buys Stake In Music Streaming Site Pandora
OAKLAND (CBS SF/AP) — Pandora is raising cash to help it take on Spotify and other streaming music services. The online music service is selling a 19 percent stake in its business to satellite radio...
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Pandora Co-Founder & CEO Tim Westergren Steps Down
VIDEO: Who is Tim Westergren? OAKLAND (CBS SF/AP) — The co-founder and CEO of Pandora, under intensifying pressure from Spotify and Apple Music, has relinquished his position and will depart from the...
View ArticleCopyright Board Boosts Songwriters’ Music Streaming Fees
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal copyright board has raised the music streaming royalties for songwriters and music publishers by more than 40 percent to narrow the financial divide separating them from...
View ArticleSiriusXM Is Buying Oakland-Based Pandora In $3.5 Billion Deal
(CNN Money) — SiriusXM is buying Oakland-based Pandora in a $3.5 billion all-stock deal. The deal will create the world’s largest audio entertainment company, the companies said early Monday. SiriusXM...
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Oakland Native Sway Calloway Brings ‘Sway Fest’ Block Party To His Hometown
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Oakland native and legendary radio host Sway Calloway, known to his legions of fans simply as Sway, has a special gift for this hometown. He’s bringing the first-ever “Sway...
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