Internet radio news stories on Newser

Pandora Jacks IPO to $161.5M

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 07:59:03 CDT

This is getting to be one pricey box to open: Pandora has jacked the price of its hotly anticipated IPO to $161.5 million, reports the New York Post, up from a slightly more modest $109.5 million last week and $100 million in February. The stock market may be...

Pandora Eyes $100M IPO

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:17:58 CST

Pandora's about to open a new box, reports the LA Times : The Internet radio service filed yesterday for an IPO it hopes will raise $100 million and give it the chance to turn a profit for the first time. Though some 80 million listeners tune in, Pandora is largely free;...

Royalties Deal May Save Internet Radio

Harry Kimball — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:49:06 CDT

Record labels and the online radio industry have reached a deal on royalties that insiders think will allow the medium to survive, the New York Times reports. Larger sites like Pandora will pay the labels 25% of revenue or up to 14 cents for every song they stream—whichever is...

24/7 Online Artist Channels Point to Radio's Future

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:21:01 CDT

Musicians want to connect with fans, and radio needs to survive in the Web 2.0 era: Enter artist personal experience (a.p.e.) radio. Clear Channel launches the 24/7 online channels, featuring artists’ personal radio shows, next month. “We feel that the old model of trying to get...

Royalty Rates May Kill Internet Radio Site

Kevin Spak — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:06:21 CDT

One of America's most popular online radio sites may pull the plug without a new deal on royalty rates, the Washington Post reports. Pandora attracts 1 million listeners a day to create personalized radio stations, but also pays 70% of its revenue in per-song royalties—a fee traditional radio has...

Mossberg Picks iPhone Apps

Nick McMaster — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:22:47 CDT

Impressed with Apple's spread of iPhone apps, Wall Street Journal tech gurus Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret list their favorites. AOL Radio: The best Internet radio player for the iPhone Evernote: A good port of the elegant note-taking program Instapaper: Instantly download Web pages for offline reading. Travelocity TravelTools: Allows...

CBS Lets You Decide What's on the Radio

Kevin Spak — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:53:34 CST

CBS’ Last.fm used to be plain old Internet radio – you picked a station, and listened to whatever it streamed. That all changed yesterday, when the company announced its plan to let users listen to any song they wanted for free, a risky but potentially game-changing move that has...