MUSIC
Pandora to Offer Ad-Free Day Marking 10-Year Anniversary
8:10 AM PDT 9/1/2015
by
the Associated Press
The streaming service said Sept. 9 will feature 24 hours without ads.
NEW YORK (AP) — Pandora will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a day free of advertisements.
The streaming service said on Tuesday it will launch Listener Love Day, 24 hours without ads, on Sept. 9 .
Pandora currently offers a free subscription with ads and an ad-free subscription for $5 a month. Nearly 80 million listeners tune in each month.
In a statement, Pandora founder Tim Westergren said Listener Love Day is "a celebration of a decade of connecting music fans to the artists that matter to them."
