Pandora takes the first step toward on-demand streaming with $5 ad-free option

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Pandora takes the first step toward on-demand streaming with $5 ad-free option
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Pandora is launching a new version of its $5-a-month ad-free radio streaming service, the company an**unced Thursday.*

Pandora Plus, an upgrade to the longstanding Pandora One, will still be formatted as a radio option. The new offering will include unlimited skips and replays as well as an offline listening option. It's **t immediately available, but will be slowly rolling out over the next month.*

Unlike competitors Spotify and Apple Music, Pandora Plus will **t offer on-demand streaming, where users can pick exactly which songs they want to listen to.*

But Pandora CEO Tim Westergren said in a statement (http://press.pandora.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251764&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2202064) that on-demand streaming would arrive "later this year."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/pandora-plus-launch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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