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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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Vringo Awarded $30 Million in Patent Suit

Ben Fox Rubin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 6, 2012 at 3:36 pm PT

Small technology company Vringo Inc. was awarded about $30 million in damages and granted future royalties by a federal jury in its patent suit against a handful of technology giants, including Google Inc. and AOL Inc., according to a person familiar with the case.

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After 95 Years, a Royalty Deal for Artists

Ethan Smith and Christopher S. Stewart, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on June 6, 2012 at 4:20 am PT

The largest U.S. radio broadcaster and an independent Nashville record company said Tuesday they have reached a novel agreement that represents a major bet that radio’s future is online rather than over the air.

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Apple Offered Licensing Deals to Patent Foes

Ian Sherr, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on March 6, 2012 at 11:22 am PT

Apple Inc. is fighting a multi-front patent war against competing makers of mobile devices, demanding injunctions that would block sales of their products. But the company has also indicated a willingness to cut deals with competitors, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Apple Asked Standards Body to Set Rules for Essential Patents

Ian Sherr, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on February 8, 2012 at 5:30 am PT

Apple Inc. has asked a telecommunications standards body to set basic principles governing how member companies license their patents, an increasingly contentious topic for rivals in the smartphone industry.

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Google Acquires Music Royalty Manager RightsFlow

Evan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 9, 2011 at 2:44 pm PT

Google Inc.’s YouTube said it acquired RightsFlow Inc., a small company that tracks and processes royalty payments to songwriters and music publishers.

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Kodak Licenses Patents to Imax

Dana Mattioli, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 17, 2011 at 8:48 am PT

Eastman Kodak Co. has licensed a portion of its patents to big-screen movie specialist Imax Corp., in a deal that will provide it with some extra cash while it works to complete a large patent sale that is crucial to its turnaround.