If you’re a classicist, you could say that Pandora has officially opened her box. If you’re a music snob, you could say that Pandora has officially sold out (in which case: Get a job, hippie). Either way, the fact remains that Pandora Media Inc., one of the leading online radio companies — which runs off a system called the Music Genome Project — has gone public. And, according to Bloomberg, stock prices are soaring: The company rose from $7.26 to $23.26 as of 10:01 ET. Pause for a moment to picture Pandora founder Tim Westergren taking a break from being influential to dive around in his money like a porpoise, burrow through his money like a gopher, and then toss his money up and let it hit him in the head.
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Its not free anymore?
It’s still free.
Then whats the difference? More ads? More licenses?
@Nick T: There is no difference. Did you even read the article?
Pandora’s shares just went live for trading on the stock market, that is all
Uncle Scrooge McDuck reference = win.
I agree. Anytime you can use an Uncle Scrooge reference it is a good thing.
Understandable… Pandora is the single most used function of my smartphone. It is used more often than the phone itself
Ever sInce I got an iPhone I started using Pandora in my car all the time. I just can’t listen to regular radio anymore, with it’s seemingly endless commercials and repetition of songs.
stop being cheap and get a sirius
Two different things. Pandora is superior to Sirius in alot of ways
I agree with Jay. I used to have XM Radio then I discovered it was just as bad as regular radio, I was constantly switching stations. As for Pandora, I paid for the yearly subscription. It’s commercial free and it caters to the kind of music I like to listen to.
Sirius is the only way to go for me. Go Stiletto for car and home. Best ever.
Yeah, but can you skip a song while using Sirius?
Pandora > Sirius
Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Better tell Lindelof.
A Good Alternative to Pandora is RadioIO. I like RadioIO better than Pandora because they offer LIVE programming and is still internet based at RadioIO.com
Sirius>Pandora
Why?
Howard Stern.
I’ll listen to my iPod for music.
Wow, so your argument is because one shock-jock is on Serius its better than Pandora?
Personally for me, I dont want to hear ANYONE talking to me when I turn on the radio, I want to hear music.
Furthermore, I want to hear music that is selected according to my own personaly tastes.
Your grammar is atrocious.
Let me put that in your terms:
Youre grammer be attroshus.
I dont have an expensive Phone/media player to use it to stream bad sounding music. I listen to my library of music. I just bought a new car and it has 6 months of free sirius and I have turned it on twice. Its sound quality most times is lower than a mp3 and it cuts out when next to tall buildings and going under bridges. I think i will stick to my mp3 collection
Correction… it didn’t rise “from $7.26 to $23.26.” It rose from $16 to $23.26. The increase in price was $7.26, and that’s actually misleading, as $16 is what the investment banks paid for it, not what the average Joe could’ve paid.
I never heard of Pandora.