Pandora Strikes Deal With Ford Australia

10-10-14

The rollout down under will include the Fiesta ST and Focus ST and Ford Kuga. Other lines to follow include the Fiesta, Focus, Ranger and Transit range by early 2015. Pandora ANZ director of business development Rick Gleave said, "The car is the traditional home of radio, and with Pandora now seamlessly incorporated in many models of Ford vehicles, we can ensure our listeners continue enjoying Pandora no matter where they are commuting or travelling. For the first time, listeners will enjoy the fully integrated suite of Pandora features, replicated from their mobile to the dashboard in their vehicle, ensuring driver focus remains where it should be, on the road." Commercial radio reaches approximately 60 per cent of Australians in their cars each week with listening in cars accounting for approximately 35 per cent of all music listening.

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2 Million Users Outside U.S. For Australia

7-17-14

Pandora Australia and New Zealand, which launched in December 2012, has gone over 2 million registered users. Pandora ANZ Managind Director Jane Huxley said, ?It?s clear that radio is evolving and this evolution is being propelled by consumers and technology. Key to Pandora?s success is that we offer listeners an interactive and social experience that is incredibly personal, and artists and channels to be discovered by a new legion of fans."

Pandora ANZ also attracts two new registered listeners every second; every day Pandora ANZ streams 384,891 hours? worth of music -- which is equivalent to 44 years of music. And, to date, Pandora has streamed over 190 million hours of music to ANZ ears. Pandora also revealed that their two million listeners enjoy music across over 29 million personalised stations.

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Pandora Launches in Australia and New Zealand

12-10-2012

It's official: Pandora is up and running in Australia and New Zealand. Pandora has curated genre stations of Australia- and New Zealand-specific music across a variety of genres, including today's hits, singer-songwriter, roots and reggae dub, indigenous, classic pub rock, and more.

Pandora Founder Tim Westergren (pictured) said, "After years of preparation and anticipation, we are absolutely thrilled to fully launch Pandora internationally in Australia and New Zealand. Now we begin the incredibly exciting process of connecting the 100,000-plus working musicians in the Pandora catalog with millions of new listeners. What an amazing opportunity."

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Australia Station to Resume Advertising Today

12-11-2012

The prank call that has turned into an international incident rolls on. Once news broke that the nurse, Jacintha Saldanha, who took the call was dead, the Australian radio station 2Day FM suspended all advertising. Today the station says advertising will resume again on Thursday and Southern Cross Media will donate the advertising profits to an "appropriate fund."

A minimum contribution of AUD$500,000 will be made. SCA CEO Rhys Holleran said, "We hope that by contributing to a memorial fund we can provide the Saldanha family with the support they need at this very difficult time." Authorities suspect the nurse committed suicide after revealing personal information about Kate Middleton's pregnancy over the phone.

(12/11/2012 5:25:20 AM)
Just like to point out that Jacintha Saldanha only transferred the call to another nurse. She did not reveal any information herself. Which makes it even more sad and shocking that she would take her own life.

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