This is a terrible blog post. Why post such a stupid and long-winded defense when the facts are on your side? Pandora pays the music business far more than traditional radio per listener. The RIAA wants two things:
1) No direct payments to artists
2) Set a high rate with Pandora as a benchmark because in FM and CDs are dead when thinking more than a few years into the future.
While I completely think Pandora is right, the RIAA is playing their hand well, and Tim Westergren just shit the bed with this stupid posting. I have no idea why Tim felt the need for all the bullshit:
> Pandora is a company founded by artists to help artists.
You mean "that helps artists"?
> an email from me asking artists if they would show their support ... We did not play these conversations out in the media
You send an email to hundreds of thousands of people, and think it is private?
Pandora needs a new PR person. When the facts are on your side, there is no need to spew bullshit.
1) No direct payments to artists
2) Set a high rate with Pandora as a benchmark because in FM and CDs are dead when thinking more than a few years into the future.
While I completely think Pandora is right, the RIAA is playing their hand well, and Tim Westergren just shit the bed with this stupid posting. I have no idea why Tim felt the need for all the bullshit:
> Pandora is a company founded by artists to help artists.
You mean "that helps artists"?
> an email from me asking artists if they would show their support ... We did not play these conversations out in the media
You send an email to hundreds of thousands of people, and think it is private?
Pandora needs a new PR person. When the facts are on your side, there is no need to spew bullshit.