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SoundCloud Starts Pushing Its Own Native Ads Out of a New York Outpost

Peter Kafka in Media on May 13 at 6:00 am PT

Audio is good. Audio plus visual: Better.

Spotify Takes a Page From the Twitter Playbook, Buys Music Discovery App Tunigo

Peter Kafka in Media on May 3 at 7:07 am PT

Lots of tracks out there. Who’s going to help you find the ones you want to hear?

Twitter Takes On Music Discovery, but Comes Up Short

Bonnie Cha in Product Reviews on May 2 at 6:00 am PT

Behind Twitter Music’s well-designed interface is a music discovery app that’s too limiting. #NeedsMoreCowbell

Where’s Amazon Going With Music, Movies and TV Shows? Ask Media Boss Bill Carr.

Peter Kafka in Media on April 29 at 9:40 am PT

“We’re committed to the idea of reinvention.” A rare Q&A with one of most important guys in the media business.

Among Big Properties, Apple and Amazon Have Greatest Portions of Mobile-Only Users

Liz Gannes in Mobile on March 25 at 7:00 am PT

The folks who measure how many people visit websites have been slow to count up mobile Web, smartphone and tablet users. But comScore is catching up, with its new “Multi-Platform” rankings.

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Pandora Jumps on Results; CEO to Step Down

Rex Crum, Reporter, MarketWatch in Media on March 7 at 2:29 pm PT

Pandora Media Inc. reported better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter on Thursday afternoon — giving its stock a sharp boost despite the surprise additional news that its CEO plans to step down.

Jimmy Iovine Explains His $60 Million Music Plan

Peter Kafka in Dive Into Media on March 6 at 6:42 am PT

How do you take on Apple, Pandora, Facebook and Google? With awesome taste, the producer and headphone impressario tells Walt Mossberg. Here’s the full Dive Into Media interview.

Why Google Thinks Two Music Subscription Services Are Better Than None

Peter Kafka in Media on March 5 at 9:58 pm PT

Only a Googler could explain why Android and YouTube are talking about launching separate music services. But we can guess.

state of confusion is a pretty crummy song by kinks' standards

What Could Apple Buy With Its $137 Billion? About 18 Homes Each for Every Yahoo to Not Work At, and More!

Kara Swisher in News on March 3 at 7:34 pm PT

I vote to get rid of the sequester.

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Pandora to Introduce 40-Hour Monthly Limit on Free Mobile Listening

Nathalie Tadena, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on February 27 at 4:22 pm PT

Pandora said it will introduce a 40-hours-per-month limit on free mobile listening, as the Internet radio company looks to manage rising royalty costs.