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Attention College Students: Spotify And Hulu Just Teamed Up For A Sweet Deal
Thursday, September 7, 2017 - 11:54am | 417Read More...Attention streaming college students: Hulu's newest offer could be hugely popular, combining music and video streaming into a bundled deal. Hulu, a leading premium streaming video provider, announced Thursday a new package that will bundle Hulu's video library with Spotify, the leading...
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How Many People Still Use CDs, VCRs And Landline Phones? More Than You Might Think
Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 3:56pm | 427Read More...In the age of Spotify, Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s streaming music platform, Apple Music, one might logically conclude that CDs are obsolete. But this isn't the case, at least according Statista. A survey conducted on behalf of Bank of America found that a...
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Pandora, Fitbit Celebrate New Exclusive Partnership By Dropping A Mixtape
Monday, August 28, 2017 - 2:16pm | 393Read More...To celebrate the launch of Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT)'s first ever smartwatch (as opposed to a fitness tracker), the company is partnering with the streaming music provider Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P). As part of the new agreement, Pandora will serve as the exclusive music streaming provider for Fitbit...
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What Was Bullish Vs. Bearish In Pandora's Q2 Beat
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 - 11:25am | 519Read More...Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P)'s earnings report Monday contained a mix of good and bad that will likely leave investors debating the company's outlook. The Bullish Take The streaming music company showed a notable improvement during the quarter in its advertising business as Ad RPMs...
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Pandora Has A Long Playlist Of Transitional Issues To Get Through
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 - 9:31am | 487Read More...Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P)'s earnings release Monday initially impressed investors with a better-than-expected report, but reading between the lines shows many transitional issues that need to be addressed, Barrington Research's James Goss argued in a research report while maintaining a...
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Can Spotify Take On Apple? It Will At Least Try
Monday, July 31, 2017 - 2:00pm | 423Read More...Spotify, the popular streaming music platform that may never become profitable, isn't going to go down without a fight and is planning on taking on the tech behemoth Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Bloomberg reported. Spotify will begin promoting podcasts it offers such as "Pod Save America" both inside...
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Vinyl Records Are Popular Again, So Sony Wants Back In After 30 Years
Saturday, July 8, 2017 - 8:31am | 619Read More...The next major profit driver in the music industry may have nothing to do with streaming, connectivity or the cloud. Last week, one of the biggest names in the music business, Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE), announced it will once again be producing vinyl records for the first time in 28 years. It...
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3 Ways Pandora Can Generate Some Significant Upside
Monday, June 26, 2017 - 10:44am | 364Read More...FBR's Barton Crockett added shares of Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) to the firm's "Alpha Generator list" while maintaining an Outperform rating and $11 price target for three key reasons. First, Pandora is better positioned to perform in the streaming music space following a $480 million strategic...
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Pandora Investors: This Isn't The Deal You Were Waiting For
Monday, June 12, 2017 - 11:13am | 411Read More...Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) announced in early May that management is exploring strategic alternatives, including a sale of itself. The company followed through on its pledge but take action and improve its business — although the outcome wasn't as many had hoped for. Pandora's announcement...
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Keith Meister's Bullish Stance On Pandora 2.0
Friday, June 9, 2017 - 3:04pm | 345Read More...Activist investor Corvex Management has been heavily involved in Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) stock since last year and was likely disappointing with the stock's performance and the company's direction — until Friday. Pandora's stock hit a new multi-year low of $8.14 on Wednesday but the...
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Pandora Sells Ticketfly For A $250 Million Loss But Shares Still Gain 5%
Friday, June 9, 2017 - 10:48am | 545Read More...Shares of Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) gained more than 5 percent Friday morning after the company announced two new transactions as part of an ongoing strategic review. Strategic Investment Pandora secured an agreement with Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) in which the satellite radio...
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SiriusXM And Pandora Reportedly In Talks; SunTrust Considers Potential Deal
Thursday, May 18, 2017 - 10:52am | 422Read More...Shares of Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) were trading higher by more than 6 percent Thursday morning after the company was named as a potential acquisition target. The New York Post reported after Wednesday's market close that Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is in talks to acquire Pandora. A...
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Has The Pandora Thesis Changed In Light Of KKR Investment?
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 - 9:53am | 380Read More...Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P)'s stock peaked just shy of $40 per share in 2014 and steadily declined to a single-digit price in 2016. Much has changed in the streaming music, including the rapid growth of startup Spotify who stole market share away from Pandora over the years. But on Tuesday many...
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Statistics Show Music Streaming Is Now Too Big To Fail...For The Music Industry
Sunday, April 9, 2017 - 11:07am | 429Read More...A new report from Statista suggests the music streaming business is now too big to fail. This assertion was made after the world’s largest music streaming service Spotify, secured a new multi-year licensing deal with the world’s largest record label, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)...
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Where Can You Stream Music For Less Than $10 A Month?
Sunday, April 2, 2017 - 1:17pm | 1416Read More...By Doug Sears Streaming music has been on the rise within the last decade, and so have prices. However, there is demand for affordable, competitive pricing. For just a Hamilton, the services profiled below offer such musical opportunities. Google Play Music Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ:...
















