SiriusXM, which offers satellite and online radio listening, confirmed that it’ll acquire Pandora. The deal between these two companies is valued at around $3.5 billion, and it’s an all-stock transaction. SiriusXM and Pandora are on a path to create the world’s largest audio entertainment business. It’s a moniker that both sides mentioned in blog posts while discussing the advantages...
Pandora is taking on Spotify and Apple Music with a new $15 family plan, which gives up to six users unlimited music streaming. The new plan matches the family plans offered by the two other big-time streaming services in pricing and number of users. Currently, Pandora boasts 80 million listeners, but that's only for its free tier. The introduction of the new plan is the company's...
Pandora’s been around for nearly two decades, but the service hasn’t remained relevant for a few years. The music streaming landscape changed and is now dominated by two services. Spotify and Apple Music combine for over 100 million subscribers today. That’s not stopping Pandora from trying out new things to get back into your ears, though. The latest feature on Pandora is free on-...
After launching last month on an invite-only basis, Pandora has announced that all Android and iOS users can now sign up for its $10-per-month on-demand music service, Pandora Premium. For those who missed its announcement, Pandora Premium grants you with access to a similar catalog of tracks as Spotify, but attempts to set itself aside by focusing on simplicity and putting curated...
Pandora announced a brand new interface, built from the ground up, for folks who use its web-based service. Previously, one might have gone to Pandora.com to kickstart some tunes, create a new playlist, or skip through some music. It’s now much more of a portal for your music, and for users to learn more about their favorite artists. There’s a new “immersive playing view,” for example...
Pandora announced its new Pandora Plus offering on Thursday. Pandora Plus allows customers to listen to Pandora offline without ads and with unlimited skips. This is not the more premium Spotify competitor that's expected later this year, rather just a new play on its subscription service. Pandora Plus costs $4.99 per month and will replace Pandora One; subscribers of that service will...
Amazon’s Echo has become an invaluable smart home gadget thanks to its many “skills,” and perhaps the best of all is being able to instruct it to play music with a simple phrase. “Alexa, play The War on Drugs on Spotify.” The only problem? Until now, you had to tell Alexa which service you want to play music from, otherwise, it would default to playing content from Prime Music, which...
Rdio is officially shutting down and, if you’ve been using the service for a while, you’re probably looking for an easy way to transfer your hand-crafted music library over to another service. Thankfully, Rdio and Spotify just released tools to make the transition as smooth as possible. In a final goodbye post, Rdio includes a tool for downloading your library as a zip file. This isn’t...
Pandora launched its personalized online radio more than 15 years ago and, if you’ve been using the service for a while, you’ve probably clicked that thumbs up button plenty of times. Now the music streaming giant is making it possible to hear every one of those songs in one place. Thumbprint Radio is available online and through the Pandora app. It’s pretty much the ultimate throwback...
Serial is finally back! Season 2 of the record-breaking podcast kicked off unannounced on Thursday morning with the first episode now available from iTunes, Pandora and online. The new season focuses on Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier who allegedly abandoned his post in Afghanistan and ended up spending five years as a prisoner of the Taliban. The podcast will likely include...