PANDORA Media Inc.

By jasmine1997

  • When PANDORA was founded

    In January 2000 PANDORA was founded by Will Glaser, Jon Kraft, and Tim Westergren.

  • Savage Beast Technologies

    Pandora Media Inc. began as "Savage Beat Technologies", created with the use of the "Music Genome Project".

  • The Struggle

    Savage Beast had been struggling for years.

  • Pandora Media

    The company changed its name to Pandora Media, a company dedicated to providing an individualized music listening to its users.

  • Pandora.com

    Pandora Media purchased the domain "Pandora.com".

  • First Ad

    The company sells its first advertisement to be included on the site.

  • Pandora almost goes bankrupt

    The federal board raises royalties, nearly bankrupting Pandora.

  • Release of the iPhone

    The first generation iPhone is released. Pandora focuses all efforts toward becoming one of the first apps to be released from the iOS mobile platform.

  • New York Stock Exchange

    Pandora Media launched its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

  • New executive

    Joe Kennedy, Pandora's chief executive , resigned from his position and was replaced by former Microsoft executive, Brian McAndrews.

  • No monthly limitation

    Pandora removed their 40 hour monthly limitation for free users.

  • 250 million users

    The company has 250 million registered users.

  • 1.175 billion profit

    The company generates around 1.175 billion for the year of 2015.