Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Looks Like More Of The Same For Pandora In 2011...

It remains to be seen if net neutrality will even make a dent in Pandora's run in 2011. As we close out 2010 there are no signs that indicate any slippage for the Pandora phenomenon. While terrestrial radio barely held its own in the latest Ando Media internet rankers, Pandora continued its unstoppable climb in October and November. Ando reports that Pandora had its best month of the year in October, gaining 63,646 sessions. Session starts are defined as "the number of different requests for streams with a duration of at least one minute in total within the reported time period and Average Active Sessions are defined as Total Listening Hours divided by hours in the reported time period, according to Ando Media. Pandora's primetime (Monday-Friday, 6am-8pm) average active sessions grew by nearly 93,000 - or more than all terrestrial broadcasters combined...

CBS Radio continues to dominate terrestrial radio in the Ando with a strong October. They added 12,801 sessions but dropped nearly all those gains in November. CBS still leads Clear Channel, its closest competitor by 50,000 in Average Active Sessions and 20,000 in Session Starts. The rest of the radio group rankings include, in order, Citadel, Entercom, ESPN, Cumulus, Cox and others. Slacker grew its average number of listeners by one-third in November. Since Slacker's data doesn't include listening on mobile phones, it probably did even better than the number reported...

The only thing that can stop Pandora's growth in 2011 is net neutrality resulting in higher usage rates by carriers. It should be noted that Sirius XM, Pandora's biggest competitor, is not measured in the Ando. The complete Ando Media monthly Top 20 Rankers for October and November can be viewed here...

10 Timeline Memories:
1.1851] “Why-Em-Cee-A“: The first YMCA is organized in Boston. The Village People kvell…
2.1890] Massacre Monday: The U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacres over 400 men, women and children at Wounded Knee Creek (SD). This is the last major conflict between Indians and U.S. troops…
3.1934] Double dip: The first college basketball doubleheader is played at Madison Square Garden. The Garden was rented for a measly $4 thousand as 16,000 fans watch NYU defeat Notre Dame and Westminster (PA) beat St. John’s. Ned Irish was the promoter for the game...
4.1957] Wedding Bells: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme swing down the aisle. Eydie blames it on the bossa nova while Steve says go away little girl…
5.1975] Blasting Off: Terrorists explode a bomb in the main terminal of LaGuardia Airport killing 11 and injuring 75 (this is believed to be an act by a Croatian terrorist group that was never captured)…
6.1975] “D-I-V-O-R-C-E“: Grace Slick and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, who were together since 1969, are divorced. Grace is an artist today…
7.1978] Berserk Buckeye: Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes goes berserk during the Gator Bowl game punching Clemson’s Charlie Bauman for his interception of a Buckeye pass. Woody will not like what happens to him the following day…
8.1980] “Happy Trails“: Singer/songwriter Tim (If I Were A Carpenter) Hardin overdoses on heroin at 40…
9.1989] Curtains: Jane Pauley leaves the “Today Show”…
10.2007] Record breaking: The New England Patriots are the first team in NFL history to ever finish the regular season with a record of 16-0, the first perfect regular season in the league since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. Tom Brady sets the NFL record for Most Touchdown Passes in a season with 50 and Randy Moss sets the NFL record for the Most Touchdown Receptions in a season with 23…

Music Memories:

"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Mikhi Phifer (36), Jude Law (38), Paula Poundstone (51), Patricia Clarkson (51), Yvonne Elliman (59), Ted Danson (63), Marianne Faithful (64), Jon Voight (72), Mary Tyler Moore (74), Tom Jarriel (76) & Inga ("Benson") Swenson (78)...

Timeline Countdown: 2 nights until New Years Eve, 10 days until the NFL Wild Card Playoffs, 17 days until Divisional Playoffs, 18 days until MLK Day & 25 days until NFL Conference Championship Games...

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