Pandora Looking for a bounce back

After many recent days of falling more and more time has come for a change and bounce back! Pandora has been rated above Sirius XM!

Pandora Rides the Smartphone Boom Though Stock is a Tad Pricey

Pandora's ( P ) user base is growing at a blistering speed. The total number of registered users increased from 22 million in 2008 to 82 million in 2010 and is likely to reach 130 million by the end of 2011 according to our forecasts. The expansion of the smartphone market is the main driver for this growth. Pandora is also expanding its presence in the automobile market, which is dominated by satellite radio leader SiriusXM ( SIRI ). And now it faces greater competition from Spotify which recently launched its music service in the U.S. via Facebook.
While we estimate Pandora's total registered users will increase from 130 million in 2011 to around 337 million by the end of our forecast period, Trefis members project an increase from to 377 million during the same period. The member estimates imply upside of almost 20% to the our estimate for Pandora's stock.

July Rating for Pandora Radio Show Significant Presence in Top Local Markets

Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco Number Among Top Markets Where Pandora Enjoys a Strong Presence Among Adult Listeners 18 - 49
OAKLAND, Calif., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Edison Research today released audience analysis that showcases ratings for Pandora internet radio (P: 16.18, -0.44, -2.65%) in top local markets in the United States. The numbers were announced at a Pandora Radio Innovators Summit in Los Angeles where Pandora Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Tim Westergren spoke with media buyers.
"Radio is radio," said Westergren, "Pandora is simply a smart buy for local advertisers as well as national ones. In fact, some advertising agencies are designating Pandora with the call letters 'WPAN.' Listeners are increasingly turning to Pandora personalized radio to listen to music at home, at work, in the car and all points in between. It's a great platform for advertisers to connect directly with their audience throughout the day."
Said Edison Research President Larry Rosin, "We analyzed and converted Pandora's data into AQH (average quarter hour), which is the standard metric for radio advertising buying. We believe this data demonstrates the significance and scope of Pandora's audience at the local level, especially among 18-34 and 18-49 year olds."
July Ratings
Monday-Sunday, 6.00 a.m. -midnight
An average quarter hour (AQH) rating of 1.0 means an average of one percent of a target population is listening to Pandora for at least five minutes or more during any 15 minute window between 6.00 a.m. and midnight.
New York Adults 18 - 34 = .7 AQH rating Adults 18 - 49 = .5 AQH rating Los Angeles Adults 18 - 34 = .9 AQH rating Adults 18 - 49 = .6 AQH rating Chicago Adults 18 - 34 = .7 AQH rating Adults 18 - 49 = .5 AQH rating San Francisco Adults 18 - 34 = .9 AQH rating Adults 18 - 49 = .6 AQH rating Dallas - Ft. Worth Adults 18 - 34 = .8 AQH rating Adults 18 - 49 = .5 AQH rating Houston Adults 18 - 34 = .8 AQH rating Adults 18 - 49 = .5 AQH rating Atlanta Adults 18 - 34 = .7 AQH rating Adults 18 - 49 = .5 AQH rating Philadelphia Adults 18 - 34 = .7 AQH rating Adults 18 - 49 = .5 AQH rating Washington, DC Adults 18 - 34 = .9 AQH rating Adults 18 - 49 = .6 AQH rating Boston Adults 18 - 34 = .8 AQH rating Adults 18 - 49 = .5 AQH rating
Edison Research examined how many listeners tuned into Pandora, how long each person listened and then converted that data into Average Quarter Hour metrics using industry-accepted methodology. In order to qualify as a listener, a person had to listen for at least five minutes within a quarter hour period. Also, for this analysis, Edison did not include Pandora One subscribers who are not served any ads.
ABOUT EDISON RESEARCH
Edison Research conducts survey research and provides strategic information to out-of-home media companies, radio and television stations, newspapers, cable networks, record labels, Internet companies and other media organizations. Edison Research is also the sole provider of election exit poll data for the six major news organizations: ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, NBC and the Associated Press. Edison's global network of 11,000 interviewers executes hundreds of consumer exit poll and out-of-home media measurement projects every year, providing valuable decision support for marketers, advertisers and brands. Edison also conducts strategic and opinion research for a broad array of companies including Time Warner, Google, Yahoo!, Sony Music, Princeton University, AMC Theaters, Disney, Universal Music Group, Time Life Music and the Voice of America. Edison Research has a seventeen-year history of thought-leadership in media research, and has provided services to successful media properties in South America, Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe.
ABOUT PANDORA
Pandora (P: 16.18, -0.44, -2.65%) gives people music they love anytime, anywhere, through connected devices. (OK, we've added comedy as well so we're also up for playing some jokes you'll love.) Personalized stations launch instantly with the input of a single "seed" - a favorite artist, song or genre. The Music Genome Project®, a deeply detailed hand-built musical taxonomy, powers the personalization of Pandora® internet radio by using musicological "DNA" and constant listener feedback to craft personalized stations from a growing collection of hundreds of thousands of recordings. Tens of millions of people in the U.S. turn on Pandora to hear music they love. www.pandora.com
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7/28/2012 9:00:00 AM

Pandora Stock May Fall

Pandora's user database has started growing even larger and larger now. According to Bloomberg they have said that Pandora's users who are tuning in on music how now overweighed the amount of paid advertisements that they broadcast which may end up in having more losses than gains. With the royalty fees that they must pay for allowing users to listen to the music they broadcast may turn to have problems.

Once again Pandora Sores of an Uptick

Today was a great day as the volumes of buys came in high from the news breakout of the contract that Pandora signed with Fios TV

Fios TV signs with Pandora

We have all been waiting for an uptick!! Now is your chance to get back in from Pandora being at a oversold state.


Quoted by WSJ:
Pandora Media Inc. said its Internet radio service will be streamed through Verizon Communications Inc.'s FiOS TV, the first TV provider to offer the personalized radio station

Seeking Alpha Posts Good News for P

Pandora (P): Often, to get past visions of a stinker stock, you need vision. Today, several issues dog Pandora. First, how can it offset the crazy amount of cash it must put toward music royalty fees by maximizing advertising and subscription revenue? And how can the company expect to compete alongside terrestrial radio and Sirius XM (SIRI) satellite radio in the face of data usage caps and an in-vehicle connection that takes an extra step to execute relative to the aforementioned other two options?

Both questions are excellent. I have more where they came from. Despite my original contention that I would not touch P with somebody else's 10-foot pole, I think the stock is a mid- to long-term buy.

First, the day will come when your car serves as nothing but a rolling tablet PC. While I am not particularly keen on the whole idea, it's coming. Push a button and there's Pandora. There's too much consumer pressure mounting that data caps might soon become a thing of the past ... again. The trend of setting limits will reverse itself, rather abruptly, relatively soon. It might sound crazy in today's environment, but that's where the vision comes in. Who would have thought 10 years ago that society would walk around with its collective eyes glued to an iPhone? Even the great William Gibson did not see that coming.