• Pandora Unveils AMPcast So Artists Can Directly Message Fans

    Pandora is trying to navigate the increasingly crowded streaming market that now finds it playing catchup to other services like Spotify and Apple Music. In an attempt to try and become more artist friendly, it has officially rolled out a new feature called AMPcast that allows artists to directly communicate with their fans.

  • Pandora Reportedly Weighing Sale As Executives Announce Long Term Plan

    Last night Grammys president Neil Portnow called once again for artists to be paid fairly for their work and for fans to support music - mainly targeting streaming. With this in mind, there have been reports that one of the oldest and largest streaming services Pandora is potentially discussing putting itself up for sale, even as its executives just announced a new detailed plan to increase revenue by 2020.

  • Pandora Forced To Raise Royalty Payment Rates In 2016

    Pandora is being forced to raise its per stream rate in 2016 after a recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington. Until now, Pandora had been paying labels 14 cents for every 100 streams on a song. Starting in 2016 and continuing through 2020, the service will have to raise its rates to 17 cents. It could be adjusted to reflect price fluctuations during that time period.

  • Pandora Buying Rdio For $75 Million, Streaming Service Shutting Down

    Pandora has announced that it has agreed to acquire several key assets from beleaguered streaming service Rdio for $75 million. The streaming service will then begin the process of filing for bankruptcy in Northern California and slowly shutter its doors for good in all markets.

  • Why Pandora is Paying $90 Million to Record Labels Over Pre-1972 Recordings

    Think of all the great music recorded before 1972. It includes some of the most legendary artists ever from The Beatles to Jimi Hendrix. A lot of that music has been trapped in the world of pre-1972 recordings, which is a segment of copyright law that allowed Pandora to skirt payment to rights holders for years, until this week when a settlement was reached with the company to pay labels $90 million.

  • Pandora Acquires Music Analytics Company Next Big Sound

    With all of the headlines about streaming services over the past few months focusing on Spotify, TIDAL, Soundcloud and Apple, Pandora has somehow managed to stay somewhat under the radar. Their latest move has put them back in the spotlight and possibly given them a major edge over their competitors in managing data. The San Francisco-area based company just bought the six-year-old music data analysis company Next Big Sound.

  • TIDAL's Download Numbers Plummet While Pandora, Spotify Thrive

    TIDAL continues to make headlines, but recently the tide has turned against the service that is perceived as elitist by many. With its starstudded launch, headed by new owner Jay Z, who was flanked by a who's who list of the biggest stars in music including Beyoncé, Usher, Kanye West, Daft Punk, Jack White and others, the service has amassed considerable momentum. According to a BGR report, new data shows that it has lost a lot of that in one key category - downloads. The app, which briefly cracked the top 20 of the Apple app store two weeks ago, now languishes out of the top 750.
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