OAKLAND, CA -- 11/17/08 --
Pandora Media, Inc. (
www.pandora.com), the
premier provider of personalized radio service online, announced today the
hire of Robert Thiel as sales manager and Katy Manatt as program manager
for the Midwest region. Previously Thiel was a senior account executive
with Gorilla Nation Media, an online advertising representative firm, and
Manatt was an account executive and senior research analyst with Dynamic
Logic, a division of Millward Brown.
"As we continue to shore up the talent of our Midwest ad sales team, we are
fortunate to attract professionals like Robert and Katy, whose respective
backgrounds and experience add to the knowledge base of the Chicago
office," said Cheryl Lucanegro, vice president of advertising sales for
Pandora. "Our goal is to create a collaborative environment that leverages
the experience of every team member."
Prior to Gorilla Nation Media where he grew revenue 59% year-over-year,
Thiel was a sales associate with AOL Media Networks where he worked with
major national brands such as Kellogg's, E*Trade and Nintendo. Before
joining Dynamic Logic, Manatt was a research analyst for Arkansas Tech
University Behavioral Sciences division.
About Pandora
Pandora (www.pandora.com) is a personalized Internet radio and music
discovery service available anytime and anywhere on the PC, in the home,
and on mobile devices via partnerships with AT&T, Apple and Sprint.
Pandora is based on the Music Genome Project begun in 2000 and is the most
thorough analysis of popular music ever undertaken. Each song in this
massive collection is analyzed by more than 30 trained musicians, and
assessed against nearly 400 distinct musical attributes such as melody,
harmony, and rhythm to capture its unique musical identity. Using this
information to build playlists based on musical similarity, listeners can
simply enter a favorite song or artist, and instantly launch a personalized
listening experience which includes discovery of new bands, artists and
songs. Today, Pandora has a growing user base of more than seventeen
million registered listeners, a database of over 550,000 songs, and
national advertisers such as HP, Microsoft, Honda, Procter & Gamble, and
Nike.
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Anita Malnig
Right Brain Marketing
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