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Pandora pulling out of Australia, New Zealand markets
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article published on 28 June, 2017
Music streaming service Pandora is winding down its operations in Australia and New Zealand, it has announced.
Australia and New Zealand were the only territories that Pandora operated in, outside of its U.S. home, and it counts more than 5 million registered users there. It also has partnerships with Rolling Stone, Woolworths and others in the region.
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hearme0
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29. June 2017 @ 12:29 |
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I have used Pandora a great many times. I just don't know what the appeal is and frankly, I'm just flat out surprised they make any money. Listening to whatever THEY WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO and then subjecting the listener to commercials after skipping through a few of their crappily selected songs is lame.
No thanks. XM all the way, MP3's for everything else. I heart radio on rare occasion at home.
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Bozobub
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30. June 2017 @ 16:09 |
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Yet, literally every free internet radio service on Earth follows just about the same model.
Hmm...
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2. July 2017 @ 17:15 |
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Originally posted by hearme0:
I have used Pandora a great many times. I just don't know what the appeal is and frankly, I'm just flat out surprised they make any money. Listening to whatever THEY WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO and then subjecting the listener to commercials after skipping through a few of their crappily selected songs is lame.
No thanks. XM all the way, MP3's for everything else. I heart radio on rare occasion at home.
Hiya hearme0
I agree, I've heard Pandora a few times when I visited family in the US, but SiriusXM tops Pandora any day of the week. Like you, most of the time I'm listening to my own CD's (FLAC for me tho, MP3 if I must), but I keep XM for their classic rock stations, the new Beatles channel, and other specialty programming channels. Every now & then, I also love listening to some classical Masters stuff for awhile, Jazz and a few others, XM covers all my listening desires.
Cheers!
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Bozobub
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2. July 2017 @ 17:29 |
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And? You're comparing apples and oranges; XM doesn't have a free service, that simple.
Personally, I'm not fond of Pandora but I like Slacker just fine (it has way more tracks, for one). I use internet radio to find *new* music; if I wanted to listen to what I already like, I would, because I already HAVE it.
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2. July 2017 @ 18:12 |
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Originally posted by Bozobub:
And? You're comparing apples and oranges; XM doesn't have a free service, that simple.
Personally, I'm not fond of Pandora but I like Slacker just fine (it has way more tracks, for one). I use internet radio to find *new* music; if I wanted to listen to what I already like, I would, because I already HAVE it.
Didn't know it was free, I thought it was a subscription service, my bad.
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Bozobub
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2. July 2017 @ 18:16 |
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Most of the "internet radio" services have an ad-based free service, as well, although NOT all (AFAIK Apple Music has no free version, for example).
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hearme0
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6. July 2017 @ 11:48 |
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Originally posted by Bozobub:
And? You're comparing apples and oranges; XM doesn't have a free service, that simple.
Personally, I'm not fond of Pandora but I like Slacker just fine (it has way more tracks, for one). I use internet radio to find *new* music; if I wanted to listen to what I already like, I would, because I already HAVE it.
I'm guessing it's Just Pandora that doesn't impress me. I heart seems to have a solid selection that auto plays and since I rarely use, I don't think I've ever skipped songs on that so I am uncertain of the result. Never used Slacker. Slacker and I Heart seem to have the most positive following from what I hear.
Again, I use very rarely.
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