Pandora will now let you listen to whatever you want, for a price. The internet radio service’s new Pandora Premium tier offers on-demand streaming for $9.99 a month, the company said Monday. So, in addition to listening to whatever Pandora’s algorithms think you’ll like, you can pick the music. Pandora joins the ranks of services …
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Pandora said Thursday it plans to shave 7 percent off its workforce in a move that may make the internet radio giant more appealing to prospective buyers. The Oakland, California-based company said it expects to complete the layoffs in the first quarter of 2017 as part of a cost-cutting measure. The music-streaming service had 2,219 employees as of the end …
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I remember when Pandora was the only streaming radio service in town. Now there are tons of choices and nearly every on-demand streaming service has some kind of radio feature. In this guide, I’ll outline the big names in internet radio, running through their features and what makes them unique. I won’t cover the on-demand streaming services that offer radio-like …
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After years on the sidelines and months of teasing, Pandora is finally giving glimpses of its Spotify-rival subscription. At a presentation Tuesday night and in a blog post Wednesday, Pandora provided peeks at its coming Premium tier, a full-fledged on-demand music subscription similar to Spotify and Apple Music. The new tier will launch early next year and cost about $10 …
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Pandora is changing its tune toward any takeover overtures from satellite radio rival SiriusXM, according to a CNBC report. The streaming radio company’s shares popped on the news, rising 8.8 percent to $12.49 in recent trading. Pandora is now open to selling itself, including to one-time suitor Sirius XM, CNBC reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. CNBC said …
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The lifeblood of iHeart is still radio, now pumped with options for the digital age. iHeartMedia, the biggest terrestrial radio company in the US and operator of online service iHeartRadio, launched two streaming memberships in a beta “test” mode Thursday, giving customers ways to unlock more access to tunes. A $5-a-month “Plus” membership lets you replay songs you hear on …
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Music-streaming service Pandora has always offered quick, convenient access to algorithmic playlists — now its redesigned website wants to help you interact with those tunes in new ways. Enlarge Image Pandora’s new web interface showcases new artist-specific info, along with additional features for both free and paid subscribers. Pandora The rejiggered online interface comes packed with extra info for each …
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Uber is trying to save passengers time. How? By completely overhauling its app, putting a focus on speed and efficiency. “It’s not just a normal update,” Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said during a press briefing Tuesday at the company’s swanky San Francisco headquarters. “This is a radical redesign and rebuild of the app from scratch.” Uber’s premise is simple: It …
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Maybe it’s the changing of the seasons, or the aftershock of Lady Gaga’s album flop (by her standards at least, since it never made it into the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100, something most of her previous catalog had achieved), but this has been a quiet week in streaming music. Let me hold your hand while we go over …
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Pandora will unveil its answer to Spotify and Apple Music later this year, rolling out a paid, on-demand service after more than a decade of digital radio that crimped skips and song choice. The new service will be presented on December 6 at an event in New York and will roll out to consumers in the first three months of …
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