Tom Conrad

A fair bit has been written about Pandora in the traditional media (Rolling Stone, Time, Fast Company to name just a few) but I’ve never made mention of it here. Frankly as great as all the coverage has been, I’ve been more invigorated by the over 8,000 posts that have been written about us in the blogosphere. Today though there’s a front page feature story in the LA Times about us that does an amazing job of telling our story. You can find it here.

Steve Krause has written an incredibly articulate and thoughtful piece about Pandora and last.fm.

This is a topic that’s near and dear to my heart (of course) and while a number of folks have had interesting things to say about how our service compares with last.fm, I think this is my favorite of the bunch. Highly recommended reading.

We’ve just pushed out a big Pandora release, so I’ve been very caught up in all of the logistics around that, and have been kind of on the sidelines of this entire conversation. That’s probably for the best; it’s been fascinating to watch and learn from the passions that are fueling the discussion.

Suffice to say that while I’m the CTO at Pandora, I’m also a fan of what the gang at last.fm are doing. I’m a paying last.fm subscriber and I maintain a musical profile there. I think it’s great stuff and, at least in my case, the two services scratch very different itches.

We’ve just launched the latest update to Pandora. While we’re constantly making little tweaks and improvements here and there, tonight’s update was a pretty big one. Click through to read all the details on what we’re launching today:

New Favorites and Sharing Features
Pandora RSS Feeds (Beta)
Fit, Finish and Polish
Keyboard Control
Pandora for Your Site