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We’re having Pandora town-halls in Denver and Atlanta next week. If you’re in one of those cities and haven’t gotten your email invite, send a note to ‘tour@pandora.com’ and we’ll put you on the list.

Town halls are a big part of what Pandora is about. They continue to be wonderful opportunities for us meet and communicate directly with listeners.

We love feedback and people at Pandora events often weigh in on how Pandora should look in the future. In addition, I talk a bit about some company history, as well as a look under the hood of the music genome, and our latest thinking about the future. The questions and discussions always cover a wide range of topics – from how the music genome project works, to licensing, to the latest device updates. Everything is fair game! …
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If you’re new to Pandora, answering this question is a good place to start. Welcome!<!– –> Embed this video: Download file — Kevin (executive producer)

…Meanwhile, in 2027: 5ally runs her forefinger up the embedded metal grid on back of her ear, turning up her music and drowning out the annoying yammering of her parents trying to tell her to pay attention…
You’re soaking in it!
Music is streaming around you right now in the air. Music is, after all, something that we can encode into small pieces and send out riding on any sort of wave (AM, FM, Wi-Fi, Photons, whatever… gravity?) to something that can reconstruct those bits into movement of the air pressure near your ears – your ears will perceive the music.

We’ve already come a long way: only a few hundred years ago somebody would have to physically play an instrument near you for you to hear it… People started a system of writing music on paper, the first encoding: a piece of music could be sent to another location and then played, albeit still by a person with an instrument. It wasn’t until the late 19th century that someday got the bright idea to record the actual changes in air pressure that were being produced by the player. Then they could use their recording to change the air pressure in another location and the sound would be reproduced.

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Congratulations to the winners of the 3rd Annual Pandora Poster Contest! Once again we were blown away by the variety and quality of your submissions. The Grand Prize winner will…
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Over a year after we had to cancel our last planned town hall in nation’s capital, we’re finally back on the calendar. Getting together at the Jewish Community Center, one…
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A couple more verbal answers to commonly asked questions. This week’s topics: IS PANDORA REALLY FREE? HOW CAN I MAKE MY STATION BETTER? HOW DO I LIMIT MY STATION TO…
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2nd Annual Pandora Poster Contest! We had a lot of great entries this year from some amazingly talented people. The Grand Prize winner will…
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