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Pandora Desperately Trying to Secure $300 Million in Debt

December 2, 2015

Pandora, a company incinerating cash at seemingly-impossible levels, is now stretching its finances even further. According to details first emerging on Wednesday, the billion-burning Pandora is ... Read More...

Pandora Is Choking Its Listeners to Death With Ads

Paul Resnikoff

November 23, 2015

First, Pandora shocked Wall Street with an astounding $86.9 million in quarterly losses, the beginning of a total tailspin in shares. Then, Pandora announced a $450 million acquisition of Ticketfly, follow... Read More...

Rdio Is Terminating All Subscriptions on Monday

Paul Resnikoff

November 20, 2015

Unclear is when Rdio is shutting down, though all subscriptions will be terminated effective November 23rd. The news follows Rdio's march into bankruptcy proceedings, with debt loads topping $220... Read More...

Pandora Burns $2.5 Million to Keep Rdio on Life-Support

Paul Resnikoff

November 18, 2015

The question is when all of this goes 'kaboooom!' Pandora (P) shares are down nearly 40% in the last month alone, with Wall Street wondering WTF is going on with a near-$600 million acquisition spree th... Read More...

Pandora Is Paying $75 Million to Buy a Bankrupt Rdio

Paul Resnikoff

November 16, 2015

Pandora is burning an epic pile of cash. Rdio has already burnt theirs. Which brings us to the latest music industry acquisition: a $75 million acquisition of a bankrupt streaming music platform by a cash... Read More...

Why the Music Industry Is Starting to Hate YouTube…

Paul Resnikoff

July 27, 2015

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Pandora Desperately Trying to Secure $300 Million in Debt

Pandora Is Choking Its Listeners to Death With Ads

Rdio Is Terminating All Subscriptions on Monday

Pandora Burns $2.5 Million to Keep Rdio on Life-Support

Pandora Is Paying $75 Million to Buy a Bankrupt Rdio

Why the Music Industry Is Starting to Hate YouTube…

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