Comments on: Digital Music Deal Nearly Done, but Web Radio Darling Pandora Not Out of the Woods

By: Web Radio Darling Pandora Slips the Noose, But at a Cost: Heavy Users Have to Pay. Next Up: A Big Funding Round? [MediaMemo] | UpOff.com

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:58:10 +0000

[...] though it’s different than the one founder Tim Westergren said the site had nailed down in November. The flip side is that the service will now require users who listen to the service for 40 hours a [...]

By: Web Radio Darling Pandora Slips the Noose, But at a Cost: Heavy Users Now Have to Pay to Play. Next Up: A Big Funding Round? | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:01:24 +0000

[...] one that’s different than the one founder Tim Westergren said the site had nailed down in November. The flip side is that the service will now require any user who listens to the service for 40 [...]

By: Anomaly News Syndicate » Blog Archive » Why Web radio faces another crisis - CNET News

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:42:53 +0000

[...] sides told members of Congress in September that they were close to a deal. In November, the blog All Things Digital reported a settlement was within grasp and quoted Pandora founder Tim Westergren saying “all [...]

By: Online Music Royalties | Future Of Music

Online Music Royalties | Future Of Music — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:46:28 +0000

[...] Webcasters are required to pay an escalating fee to copyright owners every time they play a song for a listener. This year, for instance, Web radio stations are supposed to pay 14 hundredths of a penny ($.0014) per song streamed, per listener; site operators figure that will cost them about 2.1 cents per user, per hour. That is a figure that most webcasters simply cannot afford to pay, since most sites are advertising supported and do not generate enough revenue to pay the license fees and operate their businesses. Read more from All things Digital here. [...]

By: New Net Radio Royalty Compromise Sorta Finished, Sorta Sucks | Keyless Doorlocks

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:07:41 +0000

[...] After being saved by a near-miraculous act of Congress, net radio operators are busy negotiating new rates with royalty-collection mobsters SoundExchange that hopefully won’t put them out of business. Pandora CEO Tim Westergren says that while the final deal isn’t expected until next year, “the hard stuff has been done.” He won’t say what the new rates are, just that they’re still “tremendously unfair.” Good to know some things are still the same. [All Things D] [...]

By: Roundup: Windows 7 to ruin Christmas, Craigslist cleans up, Pandora’s troubles and more » VentureBeat

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:45:59 +0000

[...] Pandora still has a struggle ahead — Despite a deal with the Digital Media Association to barter out rates for the songs online radio stations play, top startup Pandora will still have a tough time finding enough advertising to pay the bills, according to All Things D. [...]