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Web Radio Giant Nears 'Last Stand'; Pandora, Other Services Struggle Under High Song Fees

Article from: The Washington Post Article date: August 17, 2008 Author: Peter Whoriskey - Washington Post Staff Writer

Pandora is one of the nation's most popular Web radio services, with about 1 million listeners daily. Its Music Genome Project allows customers to create stations tailored to their own tastes. It is one of the 10 most popular applications for Apple's iPhone and attracts 40,000 new customers a day.

Yet the burgeoning company may be on the verge of collapse, according to its founder, and so may be others like it.

"We're approaching a pull-the-plug kind of decision," said Tim Westergren, who founded Pandora. "This is like a last stand for ...

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