If anything, the excitement of the Pandora IPO should provide some nice momentum for the industry.
The Pandora offices are one block from a trail that circles Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif.
The Pandora button launched the full-on Pandora experience on the TV, and we'd assume they'll add one for Hulu before the product ships.
For car trips with Dax, he uses the Pandora app to create a customized children's music radio station that will play his son's favorite tunes.
Which brings us back to Friday and the Pandora stock plunge.
This is particularly interesting given how loudly (and correctly) Greenfield recommended investors avoid the Pandora IPO, which turned out to be quite a good call.
Westergren says the company spent the first 4-5 years of its corporate life building the music analysis software that it at the core of the Pandora service.
Although Pandora has had some troubles, a music discovery service from Apple might make sense as well (we think the Pandora App for iOS is quite pleasant).
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Early this year, Pioneer unveiled an enhanced stereo system that integrates maps, the Pandora music site and other apps -- plus another that allows devices such as iPods and home computers communicate.
They are moving quickly to speak with their target customers across the Pandora platform, with the majority of the top 50 digital advertisers in the U.S. already having bought multiplatform advertising on Pandora.
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The Pandora Media IPO continues to amaze.
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Greenfield has a point: The issue is not the money Pandora is paying to the music industry.
Set on the lush and magical jungle planet of Pandora, the story takes place against the backdrop of a war between invading humans and Pandora's native species, the Na'vi.
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And SocialVibe claims consumers do engage, not just on Zynga but on other sites SocialVibe serves, such as the music service Pandora and the Huffington Post.
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Keeping up the pressure on Pandora, the radio station giant Clear Channel this morning announced a deal to integrate its Internet-based iHeart Radio service into Chrysler and General Motors vehicles.
Over 115 million users have now accessed Pandora on a smartphone and more than 1 in 3 smartphone users in the US have listened to Pandora in the past month.
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Just like Amazon mastered the business of personalized retail, Pandora the world of music and Netflix the silver screen, companies are emerging that attempt to personalize the news.
In addition to suing Apple, the defendants from California and Texas named the apps as parties in the lawsuit, including Pandora, the Weather Channel, Dictionary.com, Room Candy (maker of Pimple Popper Lite), among others.
Back in early September, Pandora Media shares took a 22%, two-day tumble after the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple was planning to jump into the streaming music business where Pandora has been the dominant player.
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In the meantime, Pandora continues to trudge along and sends out all the checks.
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According to the Post story, Pandora currently pays under the statutory rate 12 cents per 100 spins.
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I've been keeping an eye on the prices of the business social network LinkedIn and Pandora, the internet streaming radio service, and wondering whether history is repeating itself.
Back in September, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple was planning to take on Pandora in the streaming, user-configurable radio market, triggering a big slide in Pandora shares.
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So as a result of the fiasco at Pandora, neither side will get to hear each other out in what could have been the start of at least a better relationship with Norte Energia and the government.
Because the firm invested in Pandora, it has some specific background in the sector.
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The LinkedIn IPO was followed by a public market launch for Pandora, the Internet radio pioneer, which, alas, quickly sank below its IPO price on concerns about the long-term profitability potential for its business model.
Sirius was also able to sidestep competitive threats from the likes of Pandora and Spotify .
Several others are in registration, in particular the real-estate information site Zillow and the music service Pandora.
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