Tim Westergren

  • The story of PandoraFM

    At last Thursday’s “Pandora Listener Town Hall” in Omaha, an attendee raised his hand and asked Pandora founder Tim Westergren if his service had any future plans to open up their API (application programming interface) to allow developers to build web apps on top of Pandora and user data. The attendee, Omaha developer Gabe Kangas…

  • At ‘Town Hall,’ Pandora founder shares his story & listens to users

    During Q&A at last Thursday’s Pandora Listener Town Hall, Pandora founder Tim Westergren made a statement that just about summed up the life of the decade-old company. “I think our timing has gone from really, really bad to really, really good,” Westergren said. With roots at the peak of the 2000 dot-com bubble, Pandora Radio…

  • Sunday Video: Tim Westergren interviewed by Charlie Rose

    This past Thursday evening, I had the pleasure of attending the Pandora Listener Town Hall hosted by the music discovery service’s founder, Tim Westergren. From the moment it began at 7 p.m., to the end two and half hours later, Westergren led a casual conversation around his personal story, the backstory of Pandora, and where…

  • Tim Westergren holding Pandora Listener Town Hall in Omaha

    Described as an informal gathering, Pandora founder Tim Westergren will be holding a Pandora Listener Town Hall at The Durham Museum (801 South 10th Street) next Thursday, November 11 at 7 p.m. Found In Benson, a weekly cut and paste culture zine, is hosting the event. The event is free and open to the public…