1.0Digital Music Newshttps://www.digitalmusicnews.comPaul Resnikoffhttps://www.digitalmusicnews.com/author/presnikoff/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2014/10/28/pandora-now-steering-playlists-towards-lower-cost-music/">Pandora Is Now ‘Steering’ Stations Towards Lower-Cost Music…</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){var r,a,i,s,n,o=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]');for(r=0;r<c.length;r++)c[r].style.display="none";for(r=0;r<o.length;r++)if(a=o[r],e.source===a.contentWindow){if(a.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;a.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),n=l.createElement("a"),s.href=a.getAttribute("src"),n.href=t.value,n.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===a)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;var e,t,r,a,i=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),s=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),n=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(t=0;t<n.length;t++){if(!(r=n[t]).getAttribute("data-secret"))a=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),r.src+="#?secret="+a,r.setAttribute("data-secret",a);if(i||s)(e=r.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),r.parentNode.replaceChild(e,r)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2014/10/28/pandora-now-steering-playlists-towards-lower-cost-music/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Pandora Is Now ‘Steering’ Stations Towards Lower-Cost Music…” — Digital Music News" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pandora_steering2.jpg700635  If you give Pandora a lower royalty rate, then your music will get played a lot more.  That’s part of a re-tooled ‘Music Genome’ algorithm that puts finances first, according to documents filed by Pandora in US Congress and the Copyright Royalty Board. The process of shifting playlists towards cheaper content is being referred by Pandora […]