Pandora raises price of ad-free service

Online radio service Pandora has upped the price of its ad-free tier for new subscribers.

The decision comes just days after a US court decreed that the firm must slightly increase the percentage of its annual revenue that it pays out to ASCAP. It must now pay 1.85%, up from around 1.77% previously.

Pandora cited ‘increased royalty rates’ when announcing the new pricing for its ad-free PandoraOne service to $4.99 a month.

On its blog, Pandora explained that existing subscribers ...


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