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Pandora’s Ads “are as Valuable as Traditional Stations'” Ads
That’s the word from newly public Pandora on their first-ever quarterly report. As GigaOm writes: Pandora posted total revenue of $67...
mramsey1
Aug 27, 2011
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New survey shows when FM is built-in to mobile phones, most consumers don’t use it
How many US radio listeners already have FM built-in to their mobile phones? And how often do they use it? How does this compare to the...
mramsey1
Jul 27, 2011
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“Pandora is Clearly Radio”
“Pandora is clearly radio,” not – as some folks insist on arguing, a “feature.” So says Daniel Ek, CEO of music service Spotify, who...
mramsey1
Jul 21, 2011
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What Radio REALLY needs to learn from Pandora
So what’s the secret the radio industry needs to learn from Pandora? Is it the importance of personalization or technology or the role of...
mramsey1
Jun 23, 2011
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How Radio Can Battle Pandora – Part 2: Beyond Music
(This is part 2 of the post. For part 1, go here) Recently, the radio industry has obsessed on a few low hanging strengths relative to...
mramsey1
Jun 1, 2011
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How Radio Can Battle Pandora – Part 1: Wake Up Radio
When broadcasters take a break from diminishing Pandora long enough to recognize that they have to worry about it, how do they respond?...
mramsey1
May 31, 2011
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“Pandora is Not Radio,” says Radio Ink. Oh yes it is.
From Slacker’s Jonathan Sasse in the LA Times: “If you look at where broadcast radio is going, it looks like they’re trying to become...
mramsey1
May 17, 2011
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Yes, Pandora is “Radio”
It’s a question vexing many broadcasters, especially those charged with leading the radio industry: Is Pandora “radio” or is it something...
mramsey1
May 8, 2011
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Pandora now “built in” to all 2011 BMW vehicles
Pandora is now available on all model year 2011 BMW vehicles – and it’s operated with the existing, familiar BMW controls. In other...
mramsey1
Apr 29, 2011
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Online Radio just became More Legit
Last week the Media Rating Council bestowed their accreditation on Triton Digital Media’s (formerly AndoMedia’s) measurement platform for...
mramsey1
Apr 11, 2011
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For Today’s Youth, Life is but a Stream
From MediaPost: Streaming music is as common a practice as streaming video, with Gen Y spending an average of two hours and 40 minutes a...
mramsey1
Apr 8, 2011
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Will Digital Success Cannibalize My Ratings?
Let’s suppose you create a great digital experience on your platform – maybe a great personalized version of your station or a customized...
mramsey1
Apr 5, 2011
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One Radio Council’s Dumb Attempt to Reposition Pandora
Increasingly, radio recognizes that Pandora is a rising presence, both among listeners and advertisers. What to do about that? Well,...
mramsey1
Apr 2, 2011
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What Your App Gets Wrong
“There’s an app for that.” You’ve heard that phrase countless times. But there’s an important lesson wrapped up in that phrase. Consider...
mramsey1
Mar 28, 2011
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A “Radio Substitute” is what your Clients say it is
Last week I wrote that Pandora is, without any doubt, a radio substitute in the ears of the audience who might consume both. In one sense...
mramsey1
Mar 6, 2011
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Yes, Pandora is a Radio Substitute
From Inside Radio: Is Pandora a substitute for radio… or for stored music collections? What impact is the personalized internet radio...
mramsey1
Mar 4, 2011
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Inside Pandora’s Evolving Strategy
Will Pandora expand to spoken word (I hate that term passionately) content? Not any time soon, I think. But here’s the take from the New...
mramsey1
Feb 16, 2011
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Using an iPod in your car just got easier – and better
The ubiquity and ease of use of radio are two of its greatest strengths compared to all the techno-upstarts on the horizon. And, as I’ve...
mramsey1
Feb 9, 2011
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Is Radio’s Future Pandora’s Present?
Will the future of radio be personalizable, like Pandora? No. But with an audience craving music and happy to tailor and tweak that...
mramsey1
Feb 1, 2011
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Pandora Today and Tomorrow – Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy (Part 2)
This is part two of my two-part conversation with Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy (you can find part one here). By far the best known player in...
mramsey1
Jan 12, 2011
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