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May 19, 2016
NY Post: Pandora Has Been For Sale With No Buyers
On TUESDAY (NET NEWS 5/17), ALL ACCESS reported CORVEX MANAGEMENT had acquired more shares of PANDORA -- now totaling 9.9%, -- and was urging the company to explore a sale. CORVEX now owns about 22.7 million shares in the company, making it the largest … more »
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March 28, 2016
Pandora Founder Tim Westergren Named CEO As Brian McAndrews Exits
PANDORA has made some management team changes. Effective immediately, the Board has appointed Founder TIM WESTERGREN as CEO. “I am incredibly excited about the future of PANDORA. We're on the cusp of realizing an extraordinary vision: … more »
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March 23, 2016
Pandora Adds Tony Vinciquerra To Board
TEXAS PACIFIC GROUP Senior Advisor and Former FOX NETWORKS GROUP Chairman/CEO ANTHONY J. "TONY" VINCIQUERRA has joined the Board of Directors of PANDORA. VINCIQUERRA's addition as an independent Class III director expands the board … more »
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February 11, 2016
Pandora Announces Upbeat Q4, Year-End Financials
PANDORA released its Q4 and full year 2015 financial reports, which showed full year reveue was $1.164 billion, growing 26%, while Q4 revenue was $336.2 million, a rise of 25% over the previous year's period. Full-year total RPMs were $54.65, a … more »
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December 23, 2015
Pandora Pacts With Atlas Music Publishing
PANDORA continued in its efforts to secure licensing deals with publishers with the announcement that ATLAS MUSIC PUBLISHING agreed to a multi-year licensing agreement for ATLAS MUSIC PUBLISHING’s catalog of musical works. This direct publishing … more »
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December 23, 2015
Report: New CRB Rates Jeopardize Smaller Streaming Services, Hinders New Entrants
A variety of smaller "pure-play" webcasters are concerned that the new CRB rates (NET NEWS, 12/17) could put them out of business, as well as discourage new entrants in the field, RAIN reports. Small webcasters will soon be forced to pay a … more »
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December 22, 2015
Pandora Signs Licensing Agreements with ASCAP and BMI, Webcaster To Drop Appeal Of Recent BMI Rate Court Decision
PANDORA has signed two separate multi-year licensing agreements for their combined catalogs of more than 20 million musical works. These deals create business benefits for PANDORA, while modernizing compensation in the U.S. for ASCAP and BMI songwriters … more »
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December 21, 2015
Downtown Music Publishing And Pandora Sign Licensing Agreement
PANDORA and DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING have signed a multi-year licensing agreement for DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING’s catalog of musical works. “This agreement with PANDORA is a milestone in our ongoing mission to deliver equitable, … more »
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December 17, 2015
SoundExchange Expresses Disappointment With CRB's New Royalty Rates
YESTERDAY (NET NEWS 12/16), ALL ACCESS reported a panel of federal judges increased the royalty that free Internet radio services like PANDORA will pay record companies for the next five years, a decision that has been closely watched in the music … more »
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December 16, 2015
2016-2020 Royalty Rate For 'Pureplay' Webcasters Rise, But Drops For Broadcast Radio Streams
The COPYRIGHT ROYALTY Judges have issued their written determination in Docket No. 14-CRB-0001-WR, the Web IV rate-setting proceeding for the years 2016–2020. The rate for commercial subscription services in 2016 is $0.0022 per-performance. … more »






