Pandora In The News

Kobalt raises $75m in funding round led by Hearst Entertainment

Hearst has previously invested in BuzzFeed, Complex and other digital properties

Google inks Samsung deal to become ‘default music player’ on new S8 phones

Google Play Music will be pre-installed on fancy new tech

Former Pandora and Sirius exec Chris Harrison named CEO of the Digital Media Association

The Digital Media Association (DiMA) lobbies on behalf of companies including Google, Amazon, Apple, Pandora and Spotify

Pandora Premium now available to all US consumers at $9.99-a-month

Service is based on technology from bankrupt streaming platform Rdio

Pandora rival Slacker Radio lays off 25% of its workforce

Duncan Orrell-Jones confirms downsizing amid search for profitability

Amazon’s Steve Boom: ‘Music streaming still needs to get a lot easier for consumers’

Amazon's VP of Music, Steve Boom, answers MBW's questions on the future of how people listen

Streaming is making more money than music downloads ever did

The thing Steve Jobs never thought would happen... has happened

Music subscriptions exploded in the US in 2016, as market generated $7.7bn

Apple Music and Spotify drive 114% growth in paid-for streaming