Pandora, the web's top radio service, continues to record big growth in the number of subscribers and hours of usage. At the same time, subscription service and rival Spotify has also reported spikes in the number of paying customers. The web players are likely benefitting at the expense of traditional radio, according to research firm NPD.
NPD said that a survey of 7,600 US respondents showed that in the fourth quarter last year, ad-supported and subscription-based online music services grabbed 23 percent of the average weekly music listening time for people between the ages of 13 and 35. That's up from 17 percent during the same period a year earlier. In comparison, NPD's data showed that listening at traditional radio...
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