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Bulls vs. Bears

Overall, are you bullish or bearish on Pandora?

65%

56 votes

35%

30 votes

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Do You Agree? The Bulls Say:

100%

17 votes
17 0% 0

01/22/2008

kryan

Great site for finding new music or hearing your favorites

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92%

13 votes
12 8% 1

01/31/2008

dave

Advertising is integrated into their player in a relatively non-intrusive way

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100%

12 votes
12 0% 0

03/19/2008

ggez44

Very well executed technically. Audio stream is very smooth and user interface is pleasing.

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100%

7 votes
7 0% 0

04/19/2008

jmho

awesome product!

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100%

8 votes
8 0% 0

05/06/2008

travtab

I listen to it all day and recommend to all friends. Great addictive site.

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100%

5 votes
5 0% 0

05/14/2008

machaves

Love Pandora. Coupled with SqueezeBox, it has become my radio station at home

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100%

7 votes
7 0% 0

06/19/2008

lrgco

Knows more about the music I like than me

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100%

5 votes
5 0% 0

07/02/2008

grantw

recommendations seem to be getting better these days

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07/02/2008

grantw

not sure whether or not this is due to my increased input
100%

8 votes
8 0% 0

07/11/2008

john

Great iPhone app should help with business model (iTunes referral)

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07/28/2008

yoda

Already great brand recognition - iphone app is a simple way to convert those users into dollars
100%

4 votes
4 0% 0

07/22/2008

georgebounacos

Once trained, like dictation software, finding unknown artists you like works very well

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100%

3 votes
3 0% 0

07/24/2008

ryean

The new iPhone app is taking over the world by storm!

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100%

3 votes
3 0% 0

08/10/2008

ablanky

great for making an instant playlist when needed

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100%

2 votes
2 0% 0

08/13/2008

dagsmith

I think Pandora knows more about my musical tastes than I do!

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100%

3 votes
3 0% 0

08/30/2008

devans00

Attractive and very consumer friendly. Handles diversity of musical tastes.

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100%

2 votes
2 0% 0

09/12/2008

brattonman

Even though the cost are high the iphone app should increase short term growth.

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100%

2 votes
2 0% 0

09/12/2008

jason

Great recommendations for new music that I have not heard.

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100%

2 votes
2 0% 0

09/16/2008

hilko

people let's play with pandora shares

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100%

2 votes
2 0% 0

01/03/2009

tradelar

Among the most durable services and best brands on the internet.

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Do You Agree? The Bears Say:

71%

17 votes
12 29% 5

01/31/2008

dave

Their inability to offer their product outside of the U.S. will cause them to lose those markets

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01/03/2009

tradelar

CPMs outside the US are paltry yet costs are the same or higher. Focus is good.
76%

17 votes
13 24% 4

02/04/2008

myoung8

Copyright royalty issues cut into profit margins

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08/17/2008

winnyk

Sounds like they may pull their own plug due to the high fees.
08/27/2008

tara

Sounds like they're paying 70% of their revenues on royalties.
01/03/2009

tradelar

With royalties solved, the company will rapidly gain market share.
79%

14 votes
11 21% 3

03/19/2008

ggez44

Recommendation engine finds similar songs well, but it also tends to play the same songs repeatedly

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09/03/2008

jakepease1

So true. It's gotten to the point where I am forced to make new stations to hear different music.
78%

9 votes
7 22% 2

06/09/2008

applekid

Recommendations are way off sometimes

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100%

9 votes
9 0% 0

07/22/2008

georgebounacos

Difficult to broaden music styles without training multiple new stations and mixing them

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100%

8 votes
8 0% 0

07/31/2008

mcmr

Don't think their advertising revenue will sufficiently offset the bandwidth cost

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07/31/2008

tburger

Yeah, I know they have the fancy ads when I use Pandora, but I never look at them
100%

5 votes
5 0% 0

08/10/2008

sherpa22

recommendations aren't the best

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100%

5 votes
5 0% 0

08/10/2008

sherpa22

5 skip limit will turn away some users

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100%

4 votes
4 0% 0

08/23/2008

john

Sounds like they will have to shut down due to high royalty fees

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67%

3 votes
2 33% 1

08/26/2008

socrisp

With lawsuits from the RIAA and others, this will surely be in the lineup...

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100%

1 vote
1 0% 0

07/29/2009

felspar

40-hr./month free limit model seems flawed. Kills ad views and urges use of competitors.

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