AM NEWS BRIEF: Pandora Hits 125M, New UMG VP, Slacker Expands, BFM, Soundhound & More

• Pandora has hit 125 million registered users with an impressive average listening average of 18 hours per month.
• Deborah Hyacinth named VP International Digital Marketing for Universal Music Group, reporting to UMG Global Marketing President Andrew Kronfeld.
• At CES, Slacker announced partnerships with American Public Media to offer programming including "Marketplace" and "The Current" and The Weather Channel to offer customizable forecasts and updates to Slacker listeners to is music lineup.

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• Digital Music distributor BFM is reporting catalog growth of 25% with and sales growth of 30%. Digital music sales growth for the overall industry is estimated to be 7% for 2011.
• SoundHound now offers free, unlimited LiveLyrics in addition to one-tap sharing in version 4.2 on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.
• Clear Channel is opening its iHeartRadio API to developers.
• MOG is being added Suburu and Honda dashboards via JVC and Aha Mobile.