Pandora is a free internet radio service that allows users to create customized radio stations based on songs or artists they input. It was founded in 2000 by Will Glaser, John Kraft and Tim Westergarten as Savage Beast Technologies and later became Pandora Media. Pandora's mission is to help users discover new music they will love. It generates revenue through advertisements but also offers an ad-free premium subscription. With over 30 million active users, Pandora is one of the most popular music streaming services.

1. Pandora Internet Radio

2. Brief Overview and Link
● Pandora Internet Radio is just as it sounds
a free internet radio site where you pick a
song or band and it will create a radio
station with similar artists for free.
● http://www.pandora.com/

3. Creator And Brief History
● Pandora was created by a group called
Savage Beast Technologies which was
founded by Will Glaser, John Kraft and Tim
Westergarten
● They first created an unsuccessful internet
radio station, but reformed and became
Pandora Media and put out Pandora Radio
and now have over 30 million listeners.

4. Mission Statement
● Pandora's Mission statement is "to enrich
people’s lives by enabling them to enjoy
music they know and discover music they’ll
love, anytime, anywhere.

5. Purpose Of The Company
● The purpose of Pandora is for people to
have a place where they can find similar
music to the things they listen to. They can
discover new songs or new bands all for
free.
● Pandora is a place where people can go to
listen to music for free legally and safely.

6. Pandora At Home and In Business
● At home Pandora can be used as a radio
for a party or to help you relax. It can be
used anytime you need at home.
● Pandora is used in businesses because of
the ads. If you are not a paying member of
Pandora you will receive advertisements
every couple songs. This can be good for
businesses if you get an ad on Pandora.

7. Pandora Making Money
● Pandora can be a free radio station. In this
case the way they make money is through
advertisements. As I said every few songs
before you get to keep listening you will
have to listen to or watch an
advertisement.
● If you wish to have no advertisements you
can buy a premium Pandora account in
which you do not have to listen to ads and
get all of your music without them.

8. Similar Companies
● Spotify is
essentially the
same thing as
Pandora. Spotify is
an internet radio
that has ads and
can be uprgraded
to a premium
account if you wish,
but also offers free
accounts with ads.

9. Pandora Article #1
●http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/28/business/la-f
This article is about Pandora putting a cap
on its listening hours per week. It is now only
40 hours per week of free music.

10. Pandora Article #2
● http://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss
/2013/03/07/pandora-radio-ceo-steps-
down/
● This article is about Pandora's CEO
stepping down and they are now looking
for someone to fill his shoes

11. Pandora Article # 3
● http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/03/18/growing-intern
● This article is saying that Pandora is
looking to expand its workforce. It is based
in Oakland and is looking for people to
work there.

12. Pandora Dream Job
● http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_em
● This is a video of what a job at Pandora
can be like and this looks like a kind of job
that I would be interested in.