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Can Spotify Kill Off Pandora, Take the Groove Out of Grooveshark?
Friday, December 9, 2011 - 12:38pm | 1569Read More...Spotify is enhancing and repositioning its radio feature as a Pandora-killer. But is it enough to take out the leader in online radio? Up until Spotify came around, there were only a handful of ways for people to acquire music on the Internet: (1) by legitimately paying for music downloads on...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 21
Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 10:57am | 1061Read More...For a holiday-shorted week, there will still be plenty for investors and analysts to mull over on the earnings front. Quarterly results from global tech company Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), farm and construction equipment maker Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) and food companies Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB...
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Amazon Says Facebook, Pandora, Netflix, Rhapsody, Games from Electronic Arts, Zynga and Rovio, and Several Thousand More Apps and Games Coming To Kindle Fire Next Week
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 10:28am | 92Read More...Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that hen Kindle Fire customers across the country open their boxes next week, they will be able to choose from several thousand of the most popular Android apps and games, including Netflix, Rhapsody, Pandora, Twitter, Comics by comiXology, Facebook, The Weather...
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Turntable.fm: Brilliant Pandora-Killer, Piracy Promoter, or Silly Startup Destined to Die?
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 1:41pm | 968Read More...It could be the future of music, but is it a future that we want? Last week, Turntable.fm took over the Benzinga offices. We were obsessed, and with good reason: the site combines the joy of playing music with the cool and addictive aspects of being a DJ. On paper, it sounds ridiculous. “What's...
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The Only Thing MySpace is Useful for is Killing Spotify
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 3:32pm | 843Read More...Does MySpace have any value left in it? Remarkably, yes – it does. And that value goes beyond whatever price Specific Media paid to acquire the social networking entity. Everyday, when millions of people sign into Pandora and other online radio stations, I sign into MySpace. I don't use the site...
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Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy Talks To Bloomberg TV About IPO
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 1:53pm | 739Read More...Pandora CEO Joseph Kennedy spoke with Bloomberg Television's Margaret Brennan this morning from the NYSE about the company's IPO and growth outlook. Kennedy said that the company will continue to grow by expanding into the car and the home, and that "the music industry is rooting for us."...
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Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy Tells Fox Business The Company's Focus Is Not "On The Stock Price" But To "Redefine Radio"
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 1:20pm | 184Read More...Pandora President & CEO Joe Kennedy spoke with FOX Business Network's (FBN) Stuart Varney about the company going public today. When asked if the company's earnings justify its current valuation, Kennedy said “investors will set the stock price. We are focused on providing a great experience to...
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Pandora IPO Pressures Sirius XM Shares
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 10:05am | 84Read More...(TheStreet) -- Pandora (NYSE: P) debuts on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday pressuring Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) shares. The Internet radio company's initial public offering was priced at $16 a share, significantly more than its indicative range of $10 to $11 a share. The company raised $235...
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Pandora IPO Prices at $16 a Share, Begins Trade Wednesday
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 6:14am | 282Read More...Online radio station Pandora (NYSE: P) has priced shares at $16 in its initial public offering, a source familiar with the deal told Reuters. The company raised $235 million by selling 14.7 million shares, easily beating the company's initial target range of $10 to $12. The company is valued...
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Pandora Could Price At $15 Per Share
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 5:16pm | 53Read More...Pandora (NYSE: P) is going to price its IPO, and while the pricing is still in negotiations, there is talk that Pandora could price its IPO at $15 per share, nearly twice what the originally talk was. CNBC's Kate Kelly was the first to report this.
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Zings Of The Day June 3, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 3:52pm | 103Read More...Groupon filed its IPO papers yesterday, saying it will raise $750 million as investors look to cash in on the company with enormous growth. The filing did not say whether I would get 50% off a hang gliding trip in Brooklyn if I bought the IPO. Pandora Media Inc. announced it would be going public...
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Groupon And Pandora Meeting With Bankers About IPO
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 6:43pm | 25Read More...CNBC is reporting that Groupon and Pandora have met with bankers to discuss the possibility of going public. More on this story as it develops...
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Greylock Partners Spins Out $20 Million Seed Fund
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 4:28pm | 158Read More...The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today that Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn Corp. and Greylock Partner, has spun out a $20 million seed fund from Greylock's $575 million Discovery Fund. While not new money, the spin out will allow quicker decisions to be made regarding the seed...

