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SiriusXM’s MySXM Lets You Personalize Channels

SiriusXM’s MySXM Lets You Personalize Channels

By Chris Crum April 15, 2013

SiriusXM announced the launch of a new personalization feature called MySXM, which enables users to personalize over 50 its channels by creating up to over 100 variations of each. Channels that take advantage of the MySXM feature let users adjust …

Pandora Shares Some Stats From 2012 Pandora Shares Some Stats From 2012
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Here we are over halfway through January already. Hard to believe. Pandora is still celebrating the New Year, however. In a blog post, the company released a few stats about its users. For one, users listened to over a million …

Chrysler Brings Internet Radio to Its Dashboards Chrysler Brings Internet Radio to Its Dashboards

Chrysler announced today at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas that apps for some of the most popular internet radio services will be added to its Uconnect software in the near future. The car manufacturer is calling …

Spotify Axes Downloads In Europe Spotify Axes Downloads In Europe

Spotify has become quite popular in the U.S. since it finally launched in 2011 after already achieving such popularity in Europe. One feature we might not get here in the States, however, is the ability to download songs, as the …

iHeartRadio Surpasses 135 Million Downloads iHeartRadio Surpasses 135 Million Downloads
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Clear Channel announced today that its iHeartRadio service has surpassed 135 million downloads and 20 million registered users. On top of that, the iHeartRadio network is now seeing 239 million monthly listeners and over 48 million monthly digital uniques. “Registered …

Last.fm Gets Some Changes, With More On The Way Last.fm Gets Some Changes, With More On The Way

After testing them for a couple weeks, Last.fm is pushing out some new design changes, and says that there will be more in the coming weeks and months. The secondary navigation menu has been moved from the left side to …

Could Songza Kill Pandora and Even Spotify? Could Songza Kill Pandora and Even Spotify?
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Although Songza has been around since 2007, the Internet radio service is gaining a lot of attention of late for the tremendous growth it has been receiving. It recently became the #1 free app on iTunes for the iPad and …

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Pandora Lobbies to Equalize Broadcast Royalties Pandora Lobbies to Equalize Broadcast Royalties

As it stands right now, newer radio broadcast stations like pandora and other internet-based services, pay more in broadcast royalties than more conventional FM broadcasters, who actually pay nothing. This year alone, Pandora has spent over $50,000 addressing this issue …

Pandora Schools Facebook on Mobile Ads Pandora Schools Facebook on Mobile Ads
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Pandora’s financial results for the first quarter of the 2013 fiscal year are out and all signs point to ‘yes’ for the internet radio service. The company’s total revenue of $80.8 million is up 58% from last year with ad …

iHeartRadio Nets 10 Million Users in 8 Months iHeartRadio Nets 10 Million Users in 8 Months

Clear Channel announced today that its popular free digital radio app, iHeartRadio, has amassed 10 million registered users in a mere 8 months since it started inviting people to sign up for accounts. While that sounds like a meteoric gain …

Guy Proposes To His Girlfriend Via Pandora Guy Proposes To His Girlfriend Via Pandora

A little bit of personal info: My soon-to-be wife once told me that any attempt to publicize a proposal, you know, jumbotron at a ballgame or big banner behind an airplane, would be met with a devastatingly embarrassing “No.” I …

Internet Radio Not Quite Warming to Social Media Yet Internet Radio Not Quite Warming to Social Media Yet

The odds aren’t bad that sometime today you will tune in to some type of internet radio service and kick out some jams for a couple of hours. At least, that’s the word from a study conducted by targetspot that …

Raditaz Partners with The Echo Nest Raditaz Partners with The Echo Nest

Raditaz, a Pandora internet radio competitor, is set to announce that its platform is integrating with The Echo Nest, which will add metadata to the 14 million songs available in its music cloud. This would beat out Pandora’s music discovery …

Pandora Posts 99% Revenue Gain YoY Pandora Posts 99% Revenue Gain YoY

Pandora just released its earnings report for Q4 and Fiscal Year 2012 (ending in January), missing analysts’ estimates. Revenue for the year was $274.3 million, up 99% year-over-year. Q4 revenue was $81.3 million, up 71% year-over-year. Listener hours totaled 8.2 …

iHeartRadio Ads Not Coming Until April iHeartRadio Ads Not Coming Until April

Clear Channel Radio announced that it is extending its commercial-free programming on iHeartRadio’s Custom Stations through April 1, 2012, after initially planning on stopping this at the year’s end. They must want to keep their momentum in competing with Pandora …

New Pandora Launched For All Users New Pandora Launched For All Users
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Pandora announced today that it is making its new site available for everybody. It’s been in the making for over a year, and has been available in limited beta for a while, but now everybody who uses Pandora can check …

Pandora CTO: “Pandora is the future of radio” Pandora CTO: “Pandora is the future of radio”

What’s not to love about radio? It’s keeps you updated on news and information, it’s entertaining, and it enables users to discover new artists and songs. According to Tom Conrad, the CTO and Head of Product at Pandora, almost 70 percent of all music listening happens on the radio.