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Pandora loses users but increases profits

09/02/2020

Pandora loses users but increases profits due to an additional 251,000 subscribers for its Pandora Plus and Pandora Premium service plus a 12% increase in advertising revenue. SiriusXM, Pandora’s parent company, posted its 2019 annual results which showed a decline in Monthly Active Users from 69.4 million in 2018 to 63.5 million in 2019. This was offset by record advertising revenues of $1.2 Bn – a 10% increase over 2018. Total revenue for Pandora grew […]

Pandora launches ‘Fluent’ for Black History Month

31/01/2020

Pandora launches ‘Fluent’ for Black History Month to celebrate the contribution that Black artists have made to music around the globe with a new Rhythm and Blues station. According to a recent blog posting, Pandora said that ‘R&B is the great equalizer. It is more than a genre of music. It is a language – one that spans cultures, backgrounds, and generations. It is a thread that connects the black community around the world. It is […]

Sirius XM and Pandora's Breakout Artists of 2020

Pandora predicts the Breakout Artists of 2020

13/12/2019

SiriusXM and Pandora predict the Breakout Artists of 2020 and produce an Artists to Watch 2020 playlist plus Latin, Country and Christian genre playlists. In a blog posting the streamer has produced bio’s of all the artists featured in the playlists which can be found here. Pandora and Next Big Sound have collaborated to select the 24 singers, rappers, DJs and bands they believe are poised for greatness in the coming year. Whether you’re into […]

Pandora’s top songs of the year and decade

06/12/2019

Pandora’s top songs of the year and decade have been compiled from listeners’ ‘thumbs up’ into two playlists – The Top Thumb Hundred Songs of 2019 and The Top Thumb Hundred Songs of 2010-2019. According to Pandora listeners, the King and Queen of 2019 was Post Malone and Cardi B, respectively, who both racked up five tracks. Other honorable mentions include Ariana Grande, DaBaby, Bad Bunny, Drake and Lil Bunny with four tracks each. Pandora’s […]

Podcasts on Pandora now on web and desktop

16/11/2019

Podcasts on Pandora are now available to all users on the web at pandora.com and via Pandora’s new desktop app for Mac and Windows according to a recent blog post. Now, Pandora users can enjoy their favourite podcasts and get personalized recommendations on their mobile devices or computers whether they’re at home, in the car, or on the go. Since launching last year, Pandora’s catalogue of podcasts has increased over fivefold and now contains thousands of […]

SiriusXM comes to Google Assistant

09/11/2019

SiriusXM comes to Google Assistant with SiriusXM Video arriving on Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max later this year. SiriusXM is available on Google Nest smart speakers and displays via the Google Assistant, bringing seamless access to SiriusXM’s lineup of audio entertainment, hundreds of commercial-free music channels, plus news, comedy, talk, and live sports to its US subscribers. Rolling out over the next week, users will see SiriusXM’s extensive lineup of programming in the Google […]

Marvel Entertainment and SiriusXM Enter a Major Multi-Year Deal to Create Original Podcasts for SiriusXM and Pandora

SiriusXM and Marvel partner to produce original Marvel podcasts

06/11/2019

SiriusXM and Marvel partner to produce original Marvel podcasts in a multi-year deal that will produce podcasts for both SirusXM and Pandora. The agreement includes multiple podcasts to be released over several years including original scripted series based around established Marvel characters as well as unscripted original shows. Several popular Marvel podcasts will now debut each week beginning in 2020 on SiriusXM and Pandora The venture will also include both scripted and unscripted series and […]