Pandora

Pandora will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Sept. 9 by rewarding its dedicated listeners with 24 hours of ad-free streaming.

Instead of hearing intermittent commercials while listening to Pandora, users can watch a video provided by a brand or engage with a "rich media unit."

Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews: "Going forward, we feel really good about our trajectory and competitive position."

Pandora is giving artists a direct way to communicate with -- and, naturally, market themselves -- to listeners on the internet radio service.

Beginning in September, Chicago residents will be subject to a 9 percent "cloud tax" which will apply to Spotify, Netflix and other streaming services.

Pandora has teamed up with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to combine its algorithm with music therapy to find music that could help cancer patients.

Apple plans to offer new users somewhere between one and three free months of Beats Music, hoping the taste of milk will make listeners want to buy the cow.

The internet radio service named Tim Leiweke (formerly of AEG) and Roger Faxon (formerly of EMI Music Publishing) to its board of directors.

In their #ThumbMoments series, Pandora selected a handful of fans who had given Matt Nathanson a thumbs up -- and then they received the surprise of a lifetime.