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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.

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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.

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The More Pandora Sells, the More It Loses

Ethan Smith and John Letzing, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on December 6, 2012 at 5:30 am PT

A tenth of a cent might not sound like a lot of money. But Pandora Media Inc.’s 18 percent stock drop Wednesday is a sobering reminder that those fractions add up — especially when advertising sales don’t keep pace.

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Pandora Shares Plunge as It Warns of Losses

Don Clark and Ben Fox Rubin, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on December 4, 2012 at 2:10 pm PT

Pandora Media Inc. projected slower revenue growth and red ink in the current quarter, triggering a 19 percent plunge in the shares of the Internet radio company.

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Pandora Shares Trip Circuit Breakers After Report of Apple Radio Service

Steven Russolillo, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on October 25, 2012 at 1:05 pm PT

Look out below. Pandora Media Inc. shares quickly tumbled after a Bloomberg report surfaces that Apple Inc. is planning its own radio service for an early 2013 launch.

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Silicon Valley’s Stock Funk

Shira Ovide and Scott Thurm, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 6, 2012 at 4:14 pm PT

“Why would you want to work for next to nothing at the next Facebook when the real Facebook isn’t doing all that well?”

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Apple Seeks to Create Pandora Rival

Ethan Smith and Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on September 6, 2012 at 5:15 pm PT

Apple Inc. is in talks to license music for a custom-radio service similar to the popular one operated by Pandora Media Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be a bid by the hardware maker to expand its dominance in online music.

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Pandora’s Loss Widens, but Sales Jump

Tess Stynes, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 23, 2012 at 4:21 pm PT

Pandora Media Inc. on Wednesday reported a wider loss for its fiscal first quarter on higher costs, but its revenue jumped 58 percent and the Internet radio company raised its outlook.