Speaking at the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch 2013 Global Technology Conference, Pandora Media Inc. Chief Financial Officer Mike Herring on Tuesday said:
“‘We will compete against any imaginary, or real competitor’ in response to questions about reports that Apple has reached a content deal with Warner Music and will soon launch its own streaming radio service similar to Pandora,” Rex Crum reports for MarketWatch. “‘We are waiting like the rest of you to find out,’ Herring said.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Sounds vaguely familiar:
We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in. – Ed Colligan, then-CEO of then-Palm, Inc, November 16, 2006
Sleep tight, Palmdora.™
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