May 16th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Several streaming music services have suggested that sharing more data with musicians is the key to heading off criticism of streaming payouts.

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May 14th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge

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US radio giant Clear Channel is excited about the growth of its iHeartRadio streaming service, announcing yesterday that it now has 30m registered users: "second only to Instagram as the fastest-growing...

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May 8th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Pandora has revealed that its listener hours fell 12% to 1.31bn in April as a direct result of the 40-hours-a-month cap introduced for non-paying users of Pandora's mobile app in March.

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April 16th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge

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US satellite radio broadcaster Sirius XM is training its guns on Pandora with the launch of a new feature called MySXM. The company is working with The Echo Nest and Omnifone on the feature, which the...

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April 15th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Pandora has taken plenty of flak from artists and songwriters in the last year over royalty payments, but founder Tim Westergren is returning to the battle for hearts and minds in the former case.

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April 10th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Since its IPO last year, Pandora executives have, according to SEC documents, cashed in almost $87.6m in shares (with founder Tim Westergren cashing in $13.9m of that).

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April 4th, 2013 by Music Ally

Personal radio service Pandora's monthly listener hours jumped 40% year-on-year to 1.49bn in March 2013, according to the company's latest Audience Metrics report.

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April 4th, 2013 by Music Ally

Market analyst eMarketer has revised its predictions for US mobile advertising revenues. The company estimates that US mobile ad spending grew 178% in 2012 to $4.1bn.

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April 3rd, 2013 by Stuart Dredge

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Pandora remains the most popular streaming music service by far in the US, according to the latest research from NPD Group. It estimates that Pandora's free version was used by 39% of 13-35 year-olds...

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