Streaming music service Pandora released its third quarter earnings today – the first since the news of its impending acquisition by SiriusXM, announced in September. The company reported a quickly growing subscription business for its paid products, Pandora Plus and Pandora Premium, which brought in $125.8 million in Q3 – a figure that’s up 49 […]
View More Pandora beats in Q3 with $417.6M in revenue, fast-growing subscription businessCategory: Pandora
Pandora beats in Q3 with $417.6M in revenue, fast-growing subscription business
Streaming music service Pandora released its third quarter earnings today – the first since the news of its impending acquisition by SiriusXM, announced in September. The company reported a quickly growing subscription business for its paid products, Pandora Plus and Pandora Premium, which brought in $125.8 million in Q3 – a figure that’s up 49 […]
View More Pandora beats in Q3 with $417.6M in revenue, fast-growing subscription businessWaze is adding a new in-app audio player
Last year, Waze successfully integrated Spotify directly into its navigation app. Now, the company is building a more full-featured audio player.
The Waze Audio Player is launching for beta-testers Monday and rolls out more widely to all Waze users o…
What’s next for podcasting?
The podcast market will discover the answer to a foundational question about its future in the next few years. Will it continue along the path of music streaming, where all podcasts are available everywhere on free, ad-supported tiers? Or, will it follow the path of streaming TV into paid subscription services with exclusive content? Today, effectively […]
View More What’s next for podcasting?Tencent Music, China’s largest streaming service with 800M users, files for US IPO
This year has seen a number of tech companies that are majority or substantially owned by Chinese giant going public in the U.S. Baidu’s iQiyi service, Xiaomi-backed Huami and Viomi are a few examples, and now Tencent Music — the music division of Tencent, as you can guess — is making its run after plenty of […]
View More Tencent Music, China’s largest streaming service with 800M users, files for US IPOSiriusXM to acquire Pandora for $3.5 billion
SiriusXM and Pandora have announced acquisition plans before the stock market opens. SiriusXM is offering to acquire Pandora for $3.5 billion in stock, or $10.14 per share. Pandora would continue to exist as an independent service. For Pandora shareholders, this offer represents a 13.8 percent premium over the volume-weighted average share price of the past […]
View More SiriusXM to acquire Pandora for $3.5 billionBuy tickets for concerts on TV with the new Comcast and Ticketmaster feature
Comcast and Ticketmaster are rolling out a feature to let Xfinity X1 customers search tour dates and begin the ticket buying process directly through their televisions — using voice search on their remotes. The feature’s launch coincides with the first tickets going on sale for Kelly Clarkson’s new tour. If users speak “Kelly Clarkson tour” […]
View More Buy tickets for concerts on TV with the new Comcast and Ticketmaster featurePandora takes on Spotify’s Release Radar with its newest playlist, The Drop
Pandora is taking on Spotify with the launch of a new personalized playlist, The Drop, announced this morning. Similar to Spotify’s Release Radar, The Drop will also focus on new releases from artists its listeners care about. New tracks are added to the playlist on the day they’re released, the company says – that means […]
View More Pandora takes on Spotify’s Release Radar with its newest playlist, The DropPandora introduces capabilities for shorter, more personalized ads
Pandora announced three new capabilities for advertisers today — the ability to dynamically assemble different audio ads for different listeners, the ability to sequentially target ads so that they fit together into a larger strategy and shorter ad formats that range from four to 10 seconds in length. Claire Fanning, Pandora’s vice president of ad […]
View More Pandora introduces capabilities for shorter, more personalized adsPandora Premium comes to Google Assistant-powered devices
Pandora Premium is coming to Google Home, Mini, and Max devices, and other smart speakers and screens with Google Assistant built-in, the company announced this morning. The integration means listeners who pay for Pandora’s on-demand music service will be able to search and play any song, album, or playlist, just by asking Google, and can […]
View More Pandora Premium comes to Google Assistant-powered devicesThe Sonos Beam is the soundbar evolved
Sonos has always gone its own way. The speaker manufacturer dedicated itself to network-connected speakers before there were home networks and they sold a tablet-like remote control before there were tablets. Their surround sound systems install quickly and run seamlessly. You can buy a few speakers, tap a few buttons, and have 5.1 sound in […]
View More The Sonos Beam is the soundbar evolvedPandora and iHeartRadio subscription streams to impact Billboard’s charts
Billboard will begin using Pandora Premium and iHeartRadio subscription streams to inform its Billboard 100 and Billboard 200 charts, along with other streaming-inclusive charts, the company announced this week. Before, only Pandora’s radio spins were included. According to Pandora, the change goes into effect on July 14 and will bring nearly 6 million Pandora subscribers’ spins […]
View More Pandora and iHeartRadio subscription streams to impact Billboard’s charts