Pandora releases a Windows Mobile client for the HTC Touch and the Motorola Q9c handsets to complement its offering on the iPhone and their J2ME application for standard AT&T and Sprint feature phones.
Pandora already pays about 70 percent of its revenue in royalty fees. Pandora services become available on Samsung's Blu-ray DVD Players. Ĭhumby device adds Pandora Radio as an option under the Music menu.
Ī major growth spurt begins when Pandora becomes the first internet radio service (and first free music app) to be included at the launch of the Apple app store. Ī new partnership is reported between Pandora and Clear Channel, the largest operator of terrestrial radio stations in the United States. The Copyright Royalty Board rules that performance royalties should rise from US$0.08 cents per song, per listener in 2006 to US$0.19 cents in 2010. ĪT&T Communications adds Pandora’s personalized Internet radio service to its wireless network, available from select AT&T mobile phones. Pandora is featured in Doonesbury cartoons. Wired Magazine's Bog Network reports that Hewlett-Packard's upcoming laptop and desktop computers will ship with the Pandora internet radio service via the Windows start menu or an IE bookmark, allowing buyers of those machines to start enjoying Pandora's free, customizable, artist-based music stations. Pandora wins in the Media category in CNet’s first “Webware 100” awards.
PC World names Pandora one of "The 100 Best Products of 2007". Pandora receives the 2007 "Red Herring 100 North America" award. įortune Magazine cites Pandora Radio as "the most efficient new-music discovery mechanism". Pandora Media is featured in the San Francisco Chronicle as the "best place to discover new music". Time Magazine selects Pandora as one of its “50 Coolest Websites 2006.”
Pandora announces Series D funding round, with Piper Jaffray Private Capital Group, Hearst Ventures, and Bay Area Equity Fund as investors. TechCrunch reports that Pandora Media unveiled its new community influenced playlist feature to its 1.8 million users. Pandora receives US$ 12 million in Series C funding round, with Walden Venture Capital, Selby Venture Partners, Labrador Ventures, Hearst Ventures and Crosslink Capital as investors. Pandora receives US$ 7.7 million in funding round, with Walden Venture Capital as lead investor. Pandora receives US$ 7.8 million in Series B funding round, with Walden Venture Capital, Selby Venture Partners, Robert Kavner, Peter Gotcher, Marcus and Labrador Ventures as investors. Pandora launches as an online radio service. Unwilling to give up, Pandora’s founder Tim Westergren convinces his 50 employees to work 2 years without pay. Pandora quickly runs through its initial $2 million in funding, running out of money by 2001. Pandora anounces its first funding round, aising US$ 1.5 million. with the idea of creating a separate, individualized radio station for each user, with music that the user prefers without music that he or she does not prefer. begins as Savage Beast Technologies, and is founded by Will Glaser, Jon Kraft and Tim Westergren. Interest is also ranked by country and displayed on world map.
The chart below shows Google Trends data for Pandora and streaming service competitors Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music and Google Play, from January 2004 to Month 2021, when the screenshot was taken. Pandora would grow to be the second most popular iPhone app. Pandora app period, beginning right after the release of the iPhone App Store. Pandora Radio is created, after Larry Marcus of Walden Venture Capital recapitalizes the business and scraps the Business-to-business model with the idea of bringing music directly to the consumer through personalized Internet-based radio. However, at the turn of the century, it is already a dying business.
First period of Pandora, starting as Savage Beast Technologies, with the vision to provide software to help people buy more music in music stores.