Satellite radio service SiriusXM is making its Premier Streaming plan, which includes access to the Howard Stern Show, free until May 15. The stream is available online or via the SiriusXM app. Users are still encouraged to sign up with a credit card, but it’s not necessary. All of the channels, including Howard’s and numerous music …
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SoundCloud is the open audio platform known for being the starting point for major music acts such as Post Malone and Travis Scott. The company is now getting a big investment from one of the largest audio tech companies. Satellite radio company Sirius XM has invested in SoundCloud to the tune of $75 million, SoundCloud said in a press release Tuesday. The …
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SiriusXM is no longer just a satellite radio provider — the company has started streaming to Google smart speakers, so you can now listen at home via a Google Nest Hub (for what it’s worth, SiriusXM has been on Alexa for a while now). To celebrate, you can still make the most of the company’s Cyber Monday Deal and get a Google …
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In the age of streaming, it’s starting to feel like local AM and FM radio is hopelessly out of date. I know a lot of people still enjoy music on the radio in cars, but it’s facing stiff competition from YouTube, Spotify, Tidal, Pandora, internet radio and SiriusXM Satellite Radio. It’s clear that millennials and Generation Z grew up with …
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Pandora is getting some backing… from space. Sirium XM, the satellite radio purveyor best known as the home of Howard Stern, will make a strategic investment in streaming music service Pandora. Last year Pandora was reportedly open to a takeover by Sirius XM. The $480 million investment instead amounts to a minority stake, which also involves seats on Pandora’s board …
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SiriusXM may not be done with its ambitions to take over Pandora. The Liberty Media-backed satellite radio giant is in active discussions about making a bid for the beleaguered online radio streaming service, the New York Post reported Wednesday. SiriusXM has shown interest before in a possible acquisition of Pandora and recently resumed talks with Pandora’s banks over the size …
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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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