Pandora Stock Opens Strong, Then Falls Back
Pandora, which pre-traded at $16 Tuesday night soared early Wednesday during the official IPO and looked like it was head to $26. But by the close, Pandora had settled back. Continue reading
SoundCloud Hits 5M Users, Adds Ashton Kutcher $’s
SoundCloud announced today that it has reached five million registered users and is adding 20,000 more daily. A-Grade, the investment fund of Gary Oseary and Ashton Kutcher have also made. Continue reading
EMI Relaunches I.R.S. As Frontline Label With Crush
Never one to let a little thing like an upcoming sale slow them down, EMI Music has decided to relaunch I.R.S Records’ as a frontline label. It will be operated. Continue reading
Official.fm Lands Sony RED For Digital Music Tech
Digital technology platform official.fm has landed a deal with Sony owned RED Distribution to handle digital marketing and promotion for its distributed labels. The partnership provides a major foothold in. Continue reading
Quick Guide To Timing Emails & Blog Posts
This is the second of two posts looking at research by Dan Zarella on timing social media posts. The first considered when to post on Twitter and Facebook. Here we. Continue reading
What Apple Lacks In Music: The “S” Factor
This guest post is by Jack Isquith, who is head of strategic development for Slacker Radio and blogs at Digital Music Insider. Do you remember the scene in Almost Famous. Continue reading
On Innovation, Flying Deloreans & Explosions In The Desert
On Music Think Tank, David Greenberg writes about innovation and Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker article “Creation Myth – Xerox PARC, Apple, and the truth about innovation”. Innovation is hard especially. Continue reading
Twitter Tools: TweetWhen, Timely & When To Tweet?
I hadn't realized that there are a variety of tools designed to tell you when it's best to tweet on Twitter until quite recently. So I'm starting to evaluate some. Continue reading
5 Reasons I’d Buy Today’s Pandora IPO, Even At New $16 Share & $2.5 Billion Valuation
(UPDATE: Pandora opened above expectations at $20 a share and has ranged from $23 – $25 this morning.) Pandora raised the price of shares again for today's IPO to $16. Continue reading
AM News: Pandora Debuts Above $20, Shazam Buys Tunezee Tech, Ticket Truths, Games Slump & More
Pandora launch it's IPO today opening at $20 over its $16 asking price designed to net a $2.5 billion valuation. Morning trading ranged from $23 – $25. Some analysts are. Continue reading
