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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPandora's New Corporate Parents Gave Millions to Trump, GOP
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13849625/pandoras-new-corporate-parents-gave-millions-to-trump-gopPandoras New Corporate Parents Gave Millions to Trump, GOP
Pandora Media shareholders voted Tuesday to approve its $3.5 billion acquisition by satellite radio company Sirius XM, adding the struggling webcaster and one of Oakland's largest employers to the portfolio of major Donald Trump and Republican Party donors at parent company Liberty Media.
The closely watched acquisition, announced in September and expected to close by March, creates what the companies call the worlds largest audio entertainment company.
Pandora has more than 70 million listeners, mostly on its ad-supported free tier, but the company has long lost money and lately fallen behind on-demand streaming competitors such as Spotify and Apple Music. Sirius, by contrast, is profitable with more than 30 million subscribers.
The deal consolidates Pandora and Sirius XM under the control of Liberty Media, a Colorado company owned and run by conservative donors, at a time when music industry political giving and tech ties to the Trump administration are increasingly scrutinized. Policy experts also say the merger empowers a company thats aggressively fought to suppress royalty payments for artists and copyright holders.
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Pandora's New Corporate Parents Gave Millions to Trump, GOP (Original Post)
G_j
Feb 2019
OP
Yeah, when you ask for a particular artist, they play "similar" sounding artists.
SunSeeker
Feb 2019
#3
The Truth Is Here
(354 posts)1. Liberty Media
Fuck them. I know the investors well.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)2. pandora is garbage.
People still listen to that crap?
I asked for Led Zeppelin, they played Whitesnake. No shit!
SunSeeker
(51,560 posts)3. Yeah, when you ask for a particular artist, they play "similar" sounding artists.
So unless you hit the thunb down on Whitesnake, you'll hear a lot of 80s metal on your Led Zeppelin station.
I created a Queen station, and Pandora played everything from opera to rockabilly. LOL
Nictuku
(3,614 posts)4. Time to cancel my (paid) account. Sheesh.