http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/pandora_on_the_verge_of_closing_shop.php

i hope not... its the best iphone app hands down.

8/18/2008 12:03:52 AM

that IS sad. i have begun to love pandora.

8/18/2008 12:36:55 AM

that fucking sucks. what are they doing that's illegal?

8/18/2008 8:15:10 AM

There is always open pandora, and then simplfy media (although different, very good app).

http://openpandora.googlepages.com/

http://www.simplifymedia.com/

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 8:43 AM. Reason : ]

8/18/2008 8:28:18 AM

damnit that sucks. i'd hate to lose "my" stations

8/18/2008 8:42:08 AM

^^^

nothing, it's the fees they have to pay the record companies that are ridiculously high putting them out of business.

8/18/2008 9:20:07 AM

i started using this again a week or so ago after having not used it for about two years. i noticed that they hadn't really uploaded much new music since i had stopped using it. i knew something must not be going well for them.

8/18/2008 9:42:08 AM

I haven't logged onto Pandora in about 2 years. It would help if someone introduced Pandora to this "federal panel" though. lol

8/18/2008 9:42:13 AM

http://last.fm as an alternative

8/18/2008 9:54:27 AM

I use it all the time at work. I've bought more music by artists I've discovered on pandora than i've heard on broadcast radio in the last 10 years.

8/18/2008 10:00:49 AM

once again, the music industry feels it should be making more money, so they shut down another means for people to hear new music

brilliant

8/18/2008 10:18:42 AM

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"I use it all the time at workhome. I've bought more music by artists I've discovered on pandora than i've heard on broadcast radio in the last 10 years."

8/18/2008 4:55:12 PM

click on the ads that take over the whole goddamn page.

8/18/2008 5:06:34 PM

Quote :

"I use it all the time at work. I've bought more music by artists I've discovered on pandora than i've heard on broadcast radio in the last 10 years."

same here....i use pandora in the car, at work, and at home. And i've spent a lot of money using the 'buy on itunes' link through pandora. Maybe if pandora worked with apple for a commission they may have had a chance staying afloat.

^pandora has the best advertising design/execution i've ever seen. Its the only site where I actually want to click on the ad. I also like how each ad provides a radio station of its own.

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 7:01 PM. Reason : .]

8/18/2008 7:00:54 PM

RIAA just got to muxtape

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/144766-muxtape-shut-down-for-now

8/19/2008 8:56:55 AM

they dont really bother me either. I'm just saying they're so huge, might as well click on the damn thing.

8/19/2008 3:35:34 PM

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/burning-spear.html

8/19/2008 3:48:25 PM

Quote :

"CONGRESSIONAL EMERGENCY!!! Listeners we need your help... NOW! After a yearlong negotiation, Pandora, artists and record companies are finally optimistic about reaching an agreement on royalties that would save Pandora and Internet radio. But just as we've gotten close, large traditional broadcast radio companies have launched a covert lobbying campaign to sabotage our progress. Yesterday, Congressman Jay Inslee, and several co-sponsors, introduced legislation to give us the extra time we need but the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), which represents radio broadcasters such as Clear Channel, has begun intensively pressuring lawmakers to kill the bill. We have just a day or two to keep this from collapsing. This is a blatant attempt by large radio companies to suffocate the webcasting industry that is just beginning to offer an alternative to their monopoly of the airwaves. Please call your Congressperson right now and ask them to support H.R. 7084, the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 - and to not capitulate to pressure from the NAB. Congress is currently working extended hours, so even calls this evening and over the weekend should get answered. The central congressional switchboard number is: (202) 225 3121 Or to look up your representative, visit: https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml If the phone is busy, please try again until you get through. These calls really do make a difference. This is a fork in the road. Only massive grassroots opposition will keep us from another 50 years of top 40 radio. It's time to take a stand and break the stranglehold of broadcast media on radio. Thanks so much for you ongoing support. Tim Founder, Pandora"

9/27/2008 12:31:11 PM

I emailed my Congressman.

9/27/2008 1:41:36 PM

Pandora thanks you for the support

9/27/2008 3:23:31 PM