Songza and Spotify Challenge Pandora for Ears and Ads

By Trefis: Pandora’s (NYSE:P) reported its Q2 fiscal 2012 earnings Thursday. While revenue growth was impressive driven by continuous increase in mobile users, growing content costs are a concern. Content acquisition forms the majority of Pandora’s costs.

By Trefis: Source: iTunes App Store

Entrepreneur Elias Roman takes on Pandora, Spotify and iTunes with his latest startup, Songza.

Spencer Osborne submits: The rumor mill is churning once again with reports that Internet radio music service Spotify will be launching in the United States sometime during the next three weeks. The latest has a target launch date sometime between July5th and July 15th.

Mother’s Day is around the corner and many moms, no doubt, will receive new charm bracelets as gifts on the big day. Charm bracelets have soared in popularity in the US, with 

Pandora chief revenue officer John Trimble gave an interview to Ad Age in which he said hitting profitability was "doable."

By Valuentum: Internet radio company Pandora (P) reported some positive news Wednesday, with hours-listened in April rising 87% year-over-year. This comes after a very strong March, which saw hours-listened increase 88%. The company now has 5.8% of the radio market share in the US, compared to 3.1% in April of 2011.

As Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s like deja-vu all over again.” Less than a month after LinkedIn boosted its share price and subsequently saw its stock rise 109 percent on its first day