A ligação do Pandora à Clear Channel

«What are you doing with Clear Channel and why?
It's a trial that we'll be running on some of their Web sites this summer, where they'll be offering personalized Pandora playlists. Companies like us are always wise to look at new distribution partners. If we can get Pandora in front of more people, that's nothing but good. I would be surprised if Pandora's future doesn't have a fair number of distribution partners like this.
CBS Radio is offering a similar personalized DJ service. Any concern about terrestrial radio companies offering more interactive features on their Web sites?
All the terrestrial broadcasters are very actively beginning to implement or planning online extensions. That's all competition for listeners. We pay attention to that and need to react to it. The Clear Channel implementation is run by them-they pay the licensing, they handle the economics of it. The only reason it works is because it's not their main business-they don't pay royalties on over 90% of what they broadcast. So all this leads to a discussion of royalty payments.»

Six Questions With Pandora Founder Tim Westergren Billboard May 27, 2008 - Digital and Mobile By Antony Bruno, Denver