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From | Michael Coxe <audities@gmail.com> |
Subject | Pandora endgame? |
Date | Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:21:32 -0700 |
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I don't use these sorta sites though I've tried Pandora, LastFM
& others. Tho many do as next gen radio - including some here.
Full story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503367_pf.html
Excerpt:
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Giant of Internet Radio Nears Its 'Last Stand'
Pandora, Other Webcasters Struggle Under High Song Fees
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 16, 2008; D01
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Pandora is one of the nation's most popular Web radio
services, with about 1 million listeners daily. Its Music Genome Project
allows customers to create stations tailored to their own tastes. It is one of
the 10 most popular applications for Apple's iPhone and attracts 40,000 new
customers a day.
Yet the burgeoning company may be on the verge of collapse, according to its
founder, and so may be others like it.
"We're approaching a pull-the-plug kind of decision," said Tim Westergren, who
founded Pandora. "This is like a last stand for webcasting."
- Michael
NP: Purple Hearts - Beat That!
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