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- February 2014
- Case
Interview with Joe Kennedy, Pandora Media
By: Willy C. Shih
Joe Kennedy is the emeritus president of Pandora Media. In this interview, he discusses some of the challenges he faced in leading the company.
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Keywords:
Pandora;
Internet Radio;
Pandora Media;
Streaming;
Music Industry;
Music Entertainment;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Internet and the Web;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States;
California
Shih, Willy C. "Interview with Joe Kennedy, Pandora Media." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 614-705, February 2014.
- May 2010
- Supplement
Tim Westergren of Pandora Radio
By: Willy C. Shih and Halle Alicia Tecco
Pandora Radio is at a crossroads. Founder Tim Westergren has just been told by a well known VC to get rid of his unprofitable customers in order to get his costs down, but Westergren is not sure that such actions are consistent with his company's business model....
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Keywords:
History;
Business Model;
Customers;
Venture Capital;
Internet and the Web;
Cost Management;
Outcome or Result;
Customization and Personalization;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Music Industry
Shih, Willy C., and Halle Alicia Tecco. "Tim Westergren of Pandora Radio." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 610-714, May 2010.
- March 2010 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
Pandora Radio: Fire Unprofitable Customers?
By: Willy C. Shih and Halle Alicia Tecco
Pandora Radio is at a crossroads. Founder Tim Westergren has just been told by a well known VC to get rid of his unprofitable customers in order to get his costs down, but Westergren is not sure that such actions are consistent with his company's business model....
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Customer Satisfaction;
Music Entertainment;
Venture Capital;
Profit;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Consumer Behavior;
Internet;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Shih, Willy C., and Halle Alicia Tecco. "Pandora Radio: Fire Unprofitable Customers?" Harvard Business School Case 610-077, March 2010. (Revised November 2010.)
- March 2010 (Revised November 2014)
- Teaching Note
Pandora Radio: Fire Unprofitable Customers?
By: Willy Shih
Teaching Note for [610077].
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- 08 Mar 2010
- News
How Pandora Slipped Past the Junkyard
- Web
Current Events Through the Lens of Theory: The Problem with Pandora - Forum for Growth
the Lens of Theory: The Problem with Pandora The Forum at HBS Author tag Current Events Through the Lens of Theory The Problem with Pandora Here you can read some background articles related to Pandora's...
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- August 2009 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Pandora: Royalties Kill the Web Radio Star? (A)
By: Robert C. Pozen and Alex Curtis Rosenfeld
Joe Kennedy, president and CEO of Pandora, one of the largest and most popular web (Internet) radio broadcasters, had just received bad news. The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) had announced its decision to increase the royalties required to be paid by the web radio...
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Keywords:
Profit;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Copyright;
Laws and Statutes;
Rights;
Internet and the Web;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Pozen, Robert C., and Alex Curtis Rosenfeld. "Pandora: Royalties Kill the Web Radio Star? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 310-026, August 2009. (Revised January 2012.)
- 12 Dec 2016
- News
How Streaming Is Changing Music (Again)
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
Taylor Swift and the Economics of Music as a Service
- Web
Research & Resources - Forum for Growth & Innovation
Dillon 04 Jan 2020 The Forum for Growth & Innovation The Problem with Pandora Steve Kaufman 22 Nov 2019 The Forum for Growth & Innovation LBM/RBM Theory of M&A Derek van Bever 11 Sep 2019 Jossey-Bass Choosing College: How to Make Better...
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- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
Similarly, Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora Radio, persisted with his startup long after others might have called it quits, in large part because he could not face the idea of losing the money invested by his cofounders' friends or...
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by Noam Wasserman
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Reinventing Radio Days
listening is done in the car. “Distribution ubiquity and that ease of use—what radio has always been—is what we’re after,” says Kennedy, who has inked deals with major automakers to integrate Pandora into their vehicles. To date, 125...
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- Web
Forum for Growth
Action Current Events Through the Lens of Theory 18 Results 06 Jan 2020 Current Events Through the Lens of Theory: The Problem with Pandora The Forum at HBS Author tag Current Events Through the Lens of Theory Steve Kaufman, Senior...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Cyberposium 16
The company wasn’t running on fumes, the fumes were gone,” said Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy (MBA ’85), describing his first desperate days at the firm that has now become a wildly successful online personalized radio service with 65 million...
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- Web
Forum for Growth
teacher, and the world’s foremost authority on disruptive innovation, died on January 23, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. Christensen was 67 years old. [...] Read more 06 Jan 2020 Current Events Through the Lens of Theory: The Problem with View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
Kiva Systems Intuit Angie’s List Rakuten athenahealth Pandora Bloomingdale's and Gilt Groupe Social Finance Innovation is the real business of Harvard Business School. It begins with the School’s bias toward action, as embodied in its...
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- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
manage operations in order to minimize risk. This case is an effective vehicle for discussing the complex issues involved in operating in the difficult, uncertain political environment of a developing country. Purchase this...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Dressing by Number
of expertly picked goodies delivered to your door. (True story: That “aha” moment came courtesy of a delivery of farmer-endorsed seasonal veggies.) Now she’s translated that idea into Stitch Fix, the Pandora of fashion. This rapidly...
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- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
decision to increase the royalties required to be paid by the web radio industry by 2.5 times over the next five years, effectively pushing profitability for Pandora out of sight. Pandora was a...
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Ching Ching Chen On Her Passion For the Music Industry
working on the re-negotiation of UMG’s partnership deals with Pandora and Spotify. Though the projects involved a lot of heavy financial modelling, I got to channel a bit of my former banker self and felt especially rewarded working on a...
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Keywords:
Entertainment / Media / Sports