EXCLUSIVE: Priscilla Quintana (Traffik) is set as the lead in Pandora, the CW's upcoming summer sci-fi action series, from Mark A. Altman and Steve Kriozere’s (ABC’s Castle) Radioactive Fishtank, Vital Signs Entertainment and Starlings Television. Rounding out the series regular cast are Oliver Dench (Ride), Raechelle…

Roger Lynch, former CEO of Pandora and Dish Network's Sling TV, has been named CEO of Condé Nast in a move that signals the role technology will play in the future of traditional media companies. Jonathan Newhouse, newly appointed chairman of the company, said a "thorough search" had determined that Lynch is "the…

UPDATED with closing stock prices. SiriusXM, the satellite radio company controlled by John Malone’s Liberty Media, is buying Pandora Media in a $3.5 billion aimed at creating a larger rival to Apple Music and Spotify in the intensifying streaming music battle. The all-stock deal imputes a market valuation for the…

Liberty Media is still interested in iHeartMedia. CEO Greg Maffei told investors during today’s first quarter earnings call that the radio and online broadcaster’s assets are complementary to Liberty’s music holdings. Liberty has a controlling interest in satellite radio broadcaster SiriusXM, which, in turn, holds a…

Roger Lynch is saying goodbye to Dish Network’s Sling TV, and hello to Pandora Media. The music streaming company picked Lynch to be CEO, ending the search for a replacement for Tim Westergren who left in June. Lynch will join the company, and its board, on September 18. Pandora also says that former Sony…

The leadership changes at Pandora Media are taking place faster than expected: Today the company says that CEO Tim Westergren decided to step down, with CFO Naveen Chopra filling in as interim CEO. President Mike Herring and CMO Nick Bartle also left. In addition to relinquishing the CEO job, Westergren is leaving the…

Pandora Media investors appear to be encouraged by a report that CEO Tim Westergren will leave once the board settles on a replacement. The share price is up 2.8% in morning trading following the news from Recode’s Peter Kafka. Westergren, who helped to co-found Pandora in 1999, may have seen the writing on the wall…

AMC is opening writers' rooms for three drama projects earmarked for potential straight-to-series orders: NOS4A2 from Jami O'Brien (Hell On Wheels, Fear the Walking Dead) based on the novel by Joe Hill; Pandora, from Sam Vincent & Jonathan Brackley (Humans, MI-5); and Silent History, from Claire Carré & Charles Spano…

It’s a good day for Pandora Media, as long as you aren’t an employee. The music streaming power’s shares are up more than 8% in post-market trading after it said that it beat the targets it set for revenues and cash flow in Q4 — and still plans to slash its U.S. employee base by about 7% before the end of March. In…

In response to new market demands and technological applications, Alibaba Pictures is joining forces with the Shanghai Theatre Academy and Fosun Group to explore new models for developing film and TV talent in China. An aim is to reform arts education and open new areas for the integration of industry, academia and…

Pandora Media hit a conspicuous sour note on Wall Street today after it tacitly acknowledged that it will be hurt more than investors expected by music service competitors including Apple, Google, and Spotify. Pandora shares are down more than 35% — and dipped to $11.50,  their lowest price in more than two years…

Shares are up 14% in late afternoon trading and touched an all-time high of $32.45 today after Pandora unveiled surprisingly strong audience results for December — and a plan to introduce in-car advertising. The streaming music company had 76.2M active listeners in the month, up from 67.1M a year ago, and accounted…