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acquisition of Rdio

  • In Niklas Zennström: Joost

    …assets were sold to competitor Pandora for some \$75 million. As part of the deal, Rdio also filed for bankruptcy protection.

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  • In Janus Friis: Later ventures

    …would be sold to competitor Pandora for some \$75 million. As part of the deal, Rdio also filed for bankruptcy protection. Friis’s later ventures included Starship Technologies, which he founded (2014) with Ahti Heinla. The company was involved in the manufacture of small robotic delivery vehicles.

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history of radio broadcasting

  • The radio
    In radio: Radio’s digital future

    Moreover, Web-only services such as Pandora, which had its debut in 2000, allowed users to “program their own station” by selecting only the music they wanted to hear—and without a word of talk to interrupt. In addition, portable media players such as Apple Inc.’s iPod, introduced in 2001, created a…

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