Pandora launches a new native Mac app
Pandora is launching a new, native Mac app, which brings with it keyboard controls, new on-screen notifications, and more.
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Pandora releases an Apple Watch app with offline playback as a paid-for feature
Being able to listen to songs when the watch doesn’t have an internet connection means you can now leave your iPhone at home and listen to your Pandora playlists while on a run.
Waze rolling out audio player with support for Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, iHeartRadio & more
With eight launch partners, including Spotify, Deezer, Pandora and others, Waze’s all new audio player functionality makes it easy to get lost in your music, not on the road.
How to transfer your playlists between different music services with TuneMyMusic
Transferring playlists between multiple music services is easy until you attempt to do it manually. Instead of having to painstakingly recreate your personal, carefully curated Apple Music playlists on another music-streaming service like Spotify or YouTube, or vice versa, you can just use an app to get the job done.
Sirius XM is buying Pandora for $3.5 billion
In the works since at least 2014, the all-stock transaction will see the ad-supported Pandora service, as well as the company’s Plus and Premium subscriptions, continue unabated without changing pricing.
Billboard will give Apple Music and paid streaming services more weight in charts
Billboard is changing the way it calculates its charts, and Apple Music may benefit from it.
Musessions augments the music experience on iOS with a host of features
Musessions brings a whole host of new features to the music-listening experience on iOS, such as importing, sharing, bookmarking, and history-keeping.
Pandora shutters service in Australia and New Zealand after five years
In what could only be described as a cost-cutting move, Pandora’s run in Australasia has come to an end.
Pandora’s subscription service in testing, “redefines what premium could and should be”
After recently refreshing its brand identity, the popular Internet radio service Pandora today officially announced its upcoming on-demand music service, simply called Premium, which the company says is going to redefine what “premium” could and should be.
Pandora Premium, “an effortless and flexible experience for all subscribers,” includes features that tune into each listener’s individuality while leveraging its deep knowledge of musical data.
Pandora refreshes its brand identity ahead of on-demand music streaming service launch
Whether you listen to ad-supported Pandora or Pandora Plus, an improved version of its $5 per month Pandora One offering, you’ll be enjoying Pandora’s new logo and brand identity which the company unveiled in a blog post today. As Pandora Plus is now available to everyone, Pandora has decided to celebrate that milestone by unveiling “a new brand to enhance your Pandora experience and help bring your music to life.
Apple Music ranked highest in J.D. Power Streaming Music Satisfaction Study
Apple Music ranks highest among customers in the just-released 2016 J.D. Power Streaming Music Satisfaction Study. The high profile marketing research firm says the 1-year old streaming service beat out veterans like Pandora and Spotify in 3 of the 6 measures in its study, and first overall.
WSJ: Pandora could unveil on-demand tiers next month to better compete with Apple Music
Trying to stave off threat from Apple’s music subscription service and at the same time overcome a “listenership plateau”, Pandora is set to launch a pair of paid subscription tiers next month, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday citing people familiar with the matter.
Provided it’s able to negotiate necessary deals with record labels, Pandora could unveil two new paid subscription tiers in the United States and elsewhere.
One of them would reportedly provide unlimited on-demand access to tens of millions of songs on the Internet radio streaming service in exchange for $9.99 per month.