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OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Pandora (NYSE: P), the leading personalized radio service, today announced the annual genre addition of its popular holiday music stations. the seventeen unique holiday genre stations include 11 that are back by popular demand and six new ones for the 2011 holiday season that offer listeners a broad range of seasonal music to enjoy and personalize starting now through the New Year.

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Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Pandora, Tim Westergren, said, “Music is such a central part of the holiday experience and these stations provide listeners with a free, easy way to hear an endless soundtrack of their seasonal favorites. whether you’re cooking meals, baking tasty treats, entertaining family and friends, wrapping gifts or decorating the house, Pandora is the perfect companion.”

Pandora holiday genre stations:

*New holiday genre station for the 2011 holiday season

Fun facts about Pandora holiday genre stations:

• Christmas is the most popular holiday genre station on Pandora and has already broke the top 10 genre stations list
• The most spun song on the Christmas station is, “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” by Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters and the most thumbed-up song on the Christmas station is, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of Year” by Andy Williams
• 27% of all unique listeners tuned in to a holiday station on Pandora in December 2010 
• One third of all listening hours on Pandora on Christmas day 2010 was holiday music
• One million holiday stations were created on Pandora on Christmas Eve 2010

In addition to offering a variety of holiday music, Pandora makes the perfect gift for a gracious hostess, friend, co-worker or any music-loving member of the family. Pandora One gift cards are available for purchase at all 1,762 Target stores nationwide and Target.com; each retails for $36 and is redeemable for a one-year subscription to a Pandora One account, which includes no advertisements. Gift subscriptions can also be purchased at pandora.com/gifting and are ideal for any last-minute gift needs since they can be emailed to the recipient.

For more information on the Pandora holiday genre stations, Pandora One gift cards or to speak to a Pandora representative, please contact .

ABOUT PANDORA

Pandora (NYSE: P) gives people music they love anytime, anywhere, through connected devices. (OK, we’ve added comedy as well so we’re also up for playing some jokes you’ll love.) Personalized stations launch instantly with the input of a single “seed” — a favorite artist, song or genre. the Music Genome Project®, a deeply detailed hand-built musical taxonomy, powers the personalization of Pandora® internet radio by using musicological “DNA” and constant listener feedback to craft personalized stations from a growing collection of hundreds of thousands of recordings. Tens of millions of people in the U.S. turn on Pandora to hear music they love.  pandora.com

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

Sebastian Vettel arrived in Korea fresh from celebrating his second world championship by singing Beatles and Frank Sinatra songs in Japan.

“We had a busy Sunday after the race in Suzuka!” the latest of F1′s nine back-to-back champions smiled in Korea.

“I was in the bar with the boys and had a good time doing some karaoke. it was a very good night, very special. everyone had a couple of drinks and was very happy.

“I did Yellow Submarine, Hey Jude and My Way. Michael (Schumacher) came and joined us and we had a couple of drinks together and after that I started mixing drinks a bit and felt worse – not the best strategy!

“On Monday I had an Infiniti event in Tokyo and saw lots of fans. on Tuesday I got a bit of time to myself and allowed myself to have things sink in a bit. it was a good time in Tokyo and then I came down to the track, unfortunately without time to see much of Korea, although I hear good things about Seoul.”

Vettel confirmed that with his second title in the bag he will be out to make up for the Suzuka reversal — where he finished third to Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso — in Korea and for the rest of the season.

“When I crossed the line in Japan I knew we could have done a bit better. I would love to have won and will try to get another win this weekend. the championship doesn’t change our approach.

“It’s true that in other races we often had the luxury to go a lap longer with the tyres, whereas at Suzuka we were the ones stopping earlier than we wanted or expected. we suffered more tyre degradation than we thought.

“We have a couple of ideas about that and think we understand why the tyre wear was more, but we need to come here and confirm it because I think the tyre approach here is very aggressive.

“There will certainly be more than two stops but if it’s wet in Friday practice (which is what the forecasts are currently saying) and then dry for the race, it won’t give us much of an idea.”

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In a room slightly larger than an office supply closet, RobbieStevens broadcasts radio waves of wailing saxophones, blaringtrumpets and pounding drums over the Internet.

Stevens, 42, is the host of Jazzville, a jazz radio show thatlaunched Saturday on growradio.org.

Grow Radio is a local nonprofit Internet radio station.

Jazzville airs each Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m on thewebsite.

WXJZ is the only other radio station in Gainesville that playsjazz, and it plays only smooth jazz, Stevens said.

Jazzville features a range of styles, from some of the earliesttraditional jazz through big band, be-bop, hard bop, modern jazzand even some jazz fusion.

“I’ll let the music speak for itself, but occasionally I willinclude stories of interest on musical artists and recordingtechnology,” said Stevens, who works at the Phillips Center for thePerforming Arts during the week.

Jazz is an important genre to share with long-time fans and newlisteners because it is a true American treasure, Stevens said.

A musician himself, Stevens plays the drums and studied atBerklee College of Music in Boston.

Growing up, Stevens also had a jazz musician for a father. Hisfather has now donated his entire vinyl collection to the radioshow.

“When you think about it, [jazz is] the soundtrack for ourcountry in the last 100 years through Prohibition and the Roaring‘20s, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War,”he said. “It’s now an important part of the world culture.”

Artists featured on Jazzville include important players in jazzhistory, such as Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane and HerbieHancock.

Jazz vocalists such as Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan and HarryConnick Jr., as well as current artists like Kenny Garret,Christian Scott and Vijay Iyer are also featured.

In the future, Stevens hopes to interview local jazz musiciansand others who are stopping by to perform in Gainesville.

Bill Bryson, Grow Radio station manager, launched the Internetradio station two years ago to do exactly what Jazzville does:provide a variety of music unavailable on local FM.

Bryson said he wanted to fill the void of a traditional collegeradio in Gainesville.

Other Grow Radio stations include metal, hip-hop, experimental,talk and boogie and blues.

Grow Radio’s programming comes from music lovers who have thefreedom to play music they are excited about, he said.

Listeners can stream content from growradio.org in real time,download an iPhone or smartphone app for playback on the go, ordownload the shows as podcasts to listen to in the future, Brysonsaid.

The station is staffed by volunteer DJs who host an assortmentof shows with music from different genres for, but not limited to,the Gainesville community, Stevens said.

“The most important part of being a fan and a listener is thatyou continue to grow and discover new artists,” Stevens said.