Looking Close at Pandora’s Rdio Dismantling: What Analysts Say, What Billboard Thinks | Billboard

Looking Close at Pandora’s Rdio Dismantling: What Analysts Say, What Billboard Thinks

Behind the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris, the announcement on Monday of a Pandora-Rdio deal became the music industry’s main topic of discussion this week. As Rdio files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Pandora has agreed to purchase some of the company’s technology and intellectual property, pending court approval, and will hire of some Rdio employees. One service has died so another can rise in its place.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6769302/pandoras-rdio-deep-dive-analysts