last year that band had 8.4 million spins on pandora. it's just a great example of, you know, the value of our platform in helping artists connect with the fans that love their music. >> and how do you balance how, you know, because i'm sure if people go into pandora and they say they want to hear norah jones, how do you balance that you're surfacing the artists but also people get what they want? >> guest: part of the secret sauce, you know? laugh you're absolutely right. we spend a lot of time analyzing our listener behavior and looking at, you know, are we playing enough new music for listeners? are we playing too much? and, you know, we're -- we have lots of data scientists who spend lots of time doing math that i can't understand to try and solve that. >> host: representative john conyers has, and some others, have introduced the bill called the respect act to get more music royalties to artists pre-1972. do you support that? what's the danger in that? >> guest: well, i think fundamentally it's unfairly targeting internet radio beca

pandora is a personalized radio service. what distinguishes pandora from other services is our technology. primarily our music genome project. pandora was founded by tim westergren , a musician himself. .e was working as a composer he grew frustrated because it was difficult for him to communicate with directors. they wanted music that sounded like x and tell the say this sounds like x and the director would say this sounds like x. tim's idea was he the breakdown music into its constituent parts or its genes and map those genes up to 400 characteristics so you could create this commonality that looked at everything just by way of an example, think of vocalists, sick of nor a jones if you know her music. very light. compare her to someone like tom waits who feels -- who sounds like he is gargling gravel and compare that to somebody like bob dylan who has a distinctive nasal tone. that is one example of how our music experts will analyze. we use the music genome project as a starting point to analyze our music. we then use col

harrison, what is pandora and how does it work? >> guest: it is what you may known as a personalized radio service. our technology is what sets us apart. our music genome primary. it was founded by a musician himself. he was frustrated because it was difficult for him to communicate with drouirectors. a director would say i want music that sounds like x and the director would say this sounds like x and he would no, no, something that sounds like x. so his idea was you could breakdown music into its genes and map that up to 450 different characterist characteristics and create something that looked at every song. just by way of example, think of vocalist, nora jones, very light and breathy. compare her to tom yates or bob dillion. that is just one example of the ways in which musicolgist will analyze the song and categorize the genes. then we use collective intelligence. so think of that as how a song plays for everybody on the service. if you have a station you seeded with the almond brothers, for example, we can tell how well song

and i think that what we all want is to see, i mean, i want pandora to not survive, i want pandora to thrive, you know? i made albums that each my family didn't buy. i love the idea -- [laughter] that he's going to go out and make it available for anybody if they might want it. >> thank you. my time has expired. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. chabot. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd first like to ask unanimous consent to insert into the hearing record house current resolution 16 which is the local radio freedom act which states in part that, quote: congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty or other charge relating with public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over the air. local radio stations provide promotion of the music they play at no cost to the listener. this concurrent resolution has 225 bipartisan cosponsors including myself which is more than a majority in the house. and i think it's important to at least mention. i know we've had some kind of disparaging remarks about the recording industry from

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pandora has a 11% short interest. looking at other formats, maybe sports, maybe talk, they're going after your car, xm satellite has that venue, i think pandora is going to be a bible cabinet. >> you think? >> you can't play it from the short side unfortunately, you get your face ripped off. i don't know if pete has option activity or there are interesting options the only way to play there is long for this binary event which may or may not happen. >> an 66 of it? >> any type of acquisition. >> i think the only way you'd want to play would be through options. they're so expensive t. volatility was the idea that people were going for weekly options that expire friday and the following week, monthlys, they're a week and a half as well. >> you were convinced. >> these rumors come up all the time i did see enough paper where it stood out. mostly on the call side, upside calls, very active. >> that short interest to your point, guy, it's interesting, the forward pe as high as it is, the fames with the high pes not performi

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pandora. we'll talk about that today. here's why. unusual activity seeing in the pandora options. at these options, this stock has been very, very active, about 12,000 of the first -- on the day, happened in the first two months expiring. the weeklies expire on friday and next friday. a week way from friday. where 12,000 of the 16,000 early on were trading. all of this activity focussing on calls for the most part and looking specifically these calls. august 26, weekly calls. going to be expiring, obviously, on that date. that's an interesting one to keep an eye on. when you look at these calls, they're looking for this move back up above that 26 level, if we get that move, these are going to take off. trading for 24 cents. about 3,300 trading on the day. >> bottom line, still on microsoft. let it play out. 's in it or not? >> not. tried to get in it. options moved. don't want to chase it. >> thanks. >>> and coming up, checking out research and development side of two top toymakers. is it worth the investment? that's next on "the half." and thank you for your bravery. thank you co

pandora is a person amazed online radio streaming service. the new deal was struck with independent label group her merlin -- one with merlin. the artist will gain access and learn where to tour, who to tour with. >>> apple's newest iphone could be unveiled in over a month. according to recode, the tech giant is set to unveil the iphone 6. it's expected to be faster with a much larger screen. apple will also likely provide more details on the forthcoming version of its operating system. [audio difficulties] >> there's word that levi stadium has been picked for the venue for an outdoor hock kay game between the sharks and -- hockey game between the sharks and the kings. the game is set for next february 21st. tickets go on sale tomorrow for sharks season ticket holders. the general public will get a chance to buy seats at a later date. >>> 2 investigates unrecovers major privacy concerns on, by using license plate readers to track your moves. you are not allowed to see what they gather. what they are able to learn about you and why police want

over all, pandora employees 71 percent white, 12 percent asian and 12 percent hispanic and 3 percent black. they are looking to get more employees that are unrepresented in high-tech. >> las vegas is the team to beat at the little week world series. mo'ne davis is starting pitcher for philadelphia but lot vacation upped ahead in the first inning and austin laced this trip pole -- triple and then a two run homer was crushed and philadelphia was beat 8-1 advancing to saturday. philadelphia plays elimination against chicago's jackie robinson team on espn. >> you have to root for all of the teams. you know who drew and i will be rooting for. >> chicago jackie robinson's. >> fill. >> philadelphia. philadelphia. all the way. >> a last shot. >> wait. drew is new, you know that, folks? already he is...setting a friend. he is a trail blazer. drew has socks more than anyone has seen. >> you have to find spice in life early on. >> does you steal that from dr. seuss? >> a lot of such behind. -- sunshine. the scan is quiet across the area. we are warming up to 60. 63 in oakland. 59 in nap present

david: pandora way up. i love products they come out with. always like the stock but they did today. why is it up. >> part of it's a note from stiffle nicolaus. we recommend pandora and yelp as companies carved out significant niches in digital advertising where their advantages versus google and facebook are defensible. when is last time you heard anyone say anything about pandora being defensible, david in. [closing bell ringing] liz: here come the bells. a lot we're waiting for. at this time yesterday, king digital maker of "candy crush" got slammed t continues to lose air. down 23% for king digital. where is your money? it is on the screen of the if you're in stocks not a bad choice today. dow jones seeing a gain, well, 90 points. nasdaq is up 44. the dow by the way in positive territory for the year once again. zap seeing a nice gain of 2/3 after%. russell 2000 seeing a big gain. waiting on cisco numbers. "after the bell" starts right now. is. david: let's break down today's action. we have david steinberg, d almost s managing partner wi

pandora says their quarterly profits rose by 54%..k., europe, and asia doing just nicely. >> critical. stocks up significantly this morning. iraqi prime minister has rejected a transition to a new government. he increased the presence of troops and militia in the capital baghdad. sent 280 troops from moscow to deliver humanitarian aid to southeast ukraine. the reports say the trucks are loaded with food, medicine and drinking water. the u.s. warned russia not to use the mission for -- as a pretext for military action. lawmakers could impose sanctions on russian companies. -- onesured to be measure would be to block the flow of natural oil. >> our understanding of the intent of the cabinet ministers is a ban could be imposed on the companies. countries, other european companies or any other company would be able to get a guest 3 rate. >> what does that mean for the end consumers in the european union? you say could bend the transition of gas of some russian companies. we are only talking about one guest company, right? that's gazprom.

. >> we got a pop from pandora 10%.>> there are a lot of rumors, several others, rougeors as much to say volume was intense in the name. so pandora made a big move to the uppseudo. a lot of folks were talking about death triangle, things like that. it didn't happen, people killed instead were those who were short. >> we got a pop from fuel cell energy. >> they upgraded from market perform to outperform. they went out on a limb on this one. oh boy. come on. it doesn't mean i love the stock. i wouldn't get too excited on a 4% move on a minor upgrade. >> one stock is the king, right, getting crushed? >> crushed. >> oh, ding king digital up 23%. pete. >> obviously, the problem here if you have one game and that's it. candy crush, that's a problem. 60% of the revenue is from there. you have to gop more than one game. they haven't so far, that's why they crushed this today. there might be opportunities. no need to rush into this. >> i hate to say a lot of people saw this company. >>> a pop from manbra. say it again, the toto

se prepara pandora para celebrar 30 aÑos en la mÚsica luego de su reencuentro hace 5 aÑos preparan tremendaa estarÁn en guatemala. en san antonio todo listo para el tercer festival de la revista people en espaÑol han confirmado muchos famosos vamos a pasar a esa ciudad texana, viajÓ desde mÉxico para cubrir el festival los prÓximos tres dÍas, adelante,. >> gracias, muy buenas tardes por tercer aÑo consecutivo una verdadera lluvia de estrellas subir al escenario en san antonio, texas en el festival de people en espaÑol uno de los grandes de univisiÓn recibirÁ un muy merecido homenaje. prestes el ambiente festivo que se vive en san antonio a horas de que comience el festival de la revista people en espaÑol este pÚblico espera el momento para estar cerca de sus artistas favoritos. >> me hace mucha ilusiÓn, por supuesto tengo muchas ganas. >> una de las figuras mÁs esperadas es don francisco, este aÑo recibirÁ el más alto galardÓn del evento. >> ha sido buen ejemplo con muchas de las personas que ha entrevistado me dicen que le deben su carrera a francisco. >> ingresamos al centro de convencion

is this a pandora's box? once we open it and it comes out, are we sort of letting out an evil gem? i have trepidations about this conference. i don't know what we evoke by invoking the word evil. i don't know. throughout our nervous history, we have constructed pyramidic towers of evil, ofttimes in the name of good. our greed, fear and lasciviousness have enabled us to murder our poets, who are ourselves, to castigate our priests, who are ourselves. the lists of our subversions of the good stretch from before recorded history to this moment. we drop our eyes at the mention of the bloody, torturous inquisition. our shoulders sag at the thoughts of african slaves lying spoon fashion in the filthy hatches of slave ships, and the subsequent auction blocks upon which were built great fortunes in our country. we turn our head in bitter shame at the remembrance of dachau and the other gas ovens, where millions of ourselves were murdered by millions of ourselves. as soon as we are reminded of our actions, more often than not we spend incredible energy trying to forget what we've just been

pandora's box opened and we have to figure out guidelines and laws to put in place to remedy the situation like baby gammy. >> now that the box is open, will the world of legislation catch up quickly or might this be a social change that takes time? right now we are in a position where the legislation is reactive. when we have a bad situation we make a law to make sure the bad situation doesn't occur. what we'll goat is proactive legislation. we'll organise this with the rest of society. it will happen. we'll have to - we'll have standardisations worldwide where we have enforceability worldwide. 30, 35 years ago, if somebody took your child across into another country, and got some kind of a child order there, you couldn't get your child back. all that has been standardized now. this will catch up too. >> naomi, we live in a world where a woman can give birth to a child to whom she is not related. have we locally not caught up, is there an emotional part of this. you teach family law. is part of it human software that has to catch up. >> there is a part of human software that has to catch

i think the takeout space, spotify is probably top on the list not pandora. >> we will put your triangle to death out. >>> apple andsomesung in the global market. fitch projecting global smartphone shipment market share will actually decline for the around 25% and 14% respectively by 2015 and that is down from 31 and 15% this year. fitch expects the global giants to take a beating as lower priced handsets become more popular in emerging markets like china and india. let's bring in our senior research analyst, who is in studio, a treat, tony, do you agree with fitch? we've heard this before the chinese rivals if particular are taking market share from the big guys? >> look, this is the tale of two markets. we have a low end market growing extremely quickly. we have a ma sure high end almost luxury market that really isn't growing. so the mathematics of that suggests apple will lose share. if we look back waerlds, the smartphone market grew about 40% last year. the high end mark, phones above $1300 where apple placed exclusively. >> that grew 10 percent, so by definition apple -- >> you sa

mÚsica por pandora. >>> su clase se la dicta su telÉfono celular, en aplicaciones como esta que dirigenactica le recomienda a sus pacientes buscar en la tecnologÍa un aleado para combatir el estres los avances tecnolÓgicos ofrecen brazaletes como este que miden su ritmo cardiaco. >>> y que les ayude a identificar cuando se les sube el nivel de estres para comenzar a manejarlo. >>> si como jenni que acumula el estres en los hombros y el cuello esta imagina de masajes portÁtiles la otra opciÓn es la a roma terapia. esparce un a romo su es Útil por toda la casa. >>> me gusta mucho y es como estar distraÍda. >>> los expertos recomiendan comenzar con dÍa con el pie derecho. >>> si uno puede levantarse, aunque sea de una manera mÁs suave y mÁs tranquila >>> este. este me gusta a mÍ. >>> >>> tengo un despertador y me gusta mucho. el sonido de la playa. ¿que te parece esto? >>> y me gusta para nada. >>> de una forma u otra, la tecnologÍa estÁ aquÍ para quedarse lo importante es hacerla tu aliada para vivir una vida mÁs tranquila. vanessa hauc. telemundo. >>> ay, ay, ay!. >>> tantas cosas, la te

pandora's box has opened and we have to figure out guidelines and laws to be put in place to remedy some of these situations like this situation, like baby gammy. >> paul, now that the box is open, will the world of legislation catch up quickly, or might this be a social change that takes some time? >> well, right now we're in a position where our legislation is reactive. every time we have a bad situation we make mothe another law to make sure that that bad situation doesn't occur. now we're going to get to proactive legislation where we anticipate how to best organize this with the rest of our society. it's going to happen. we're going to have standardizations worldwide where we have enforceability worldwide. you know, 30-35 years ago if somebody took your child across into another country and got some kind of a child order there you couldn't go get your child back. this is going to catch up, too. >> naomi. we now live in a world where a woman can give birth to a child to whom she is not related. have we not only legally not caught up, i is you teach family law, is there still part of

what he's opening up is a pandora's box. and clearly if you read the opinion, there is no limiting principle, he's just asserting for purposes of this case, contraception isn't a compelling thing not just to protect and privilege, but to discuss in the opinion. he just e lieds over the problem of it. to me it raises one terrifying possibility that contraception isn't a real medical need and that scares me. the other is that maybe this religion is somehow just a real religion and that the court is inserting itself into the business of deciding when the witnesses come along and the scientologyologists that their claims are less privileged. . >> you left out a whole bunch of other stuff. for instance, gay rights is the court's silence on that was rather thunderous. that's really the next frontier because we have seen this even before the hobby lobby case where religiously motivated employers will say i don't approve of this lifestyle. so i don't need to hire or do business with, i don't need to bake a cake for a same sex weddin

. >> se prepara pandora para celebrar 30 aÑos en la mÚsica, luego de su reencuentro hace cinco aÑos,buenas tardes, por tercer aÑo consecutivo una verdadera lluvia de estrellas se subirÁn a este escenario. >> este es el ambiente festivo que se vive en san antonio, a sÓlo horas que comienza el festival de people en espaÑol. >> a mi me hace muchÍsima ilusiÓn. >> una de las figuras mÁs esperadas es don francisco que va a recibir el mÁs alto galardÓn. >> muchas personas dicen que deben su carrera a don francisco. >> ingresamos al centro de convenciones donde desde hace dÍas comenzaron a montar el escenario, segÚn nos dijo el editor de la revista conocen festival muy diferente a los dos anteriores. >> este aÑo dijimos que Íbamos hacer algo diferente vamos a dedicarlo a los jÓvenes. >> no puede faltar el cantante puertorriqueÑo miguelito. >> muchos decÍan que no creían en los niÑos. >> tambiÉn asistirÁ el boxeador zaul. >> a subirte al ring con el canelo. >> de dientes porque el prÓximo lunes extraeremos todos los detalles de lo que aquÍ sucede, incluyendo lo de don francisco que recibirÁ u

we're just planning on using an ipod or pandora in the interim. >> any live music? >> no. >> great. >> thank you. >> so i would like to ask about your community outreach that you have done for this permit. >> yes, i reached out -- i got a list from officer parker. i emailed everyone in the neighborhood. i got suggestions from cammy blackstone about who to email. i emailed and called anyone in the vicinity and no one got back to me and she said do what you can and i have copies of the emails if you like but no one responded. >> have you gone to any business organizations or in the neighborhood to present? >> i have gone around and introduced myself and just said hello to the other bar owners and some of the clothe stores i am already familiar with so i went around and the restaurants. i am a regular in the neighborhood for a long time so it's me. i just bought the place and we're going to redo it but outside of that no but i have given everyone my contact info and while we were open for the two months i had my cards behind the car. a lot of communication was around t

pandora will do the rest. create a playlist just for you including the music you chose along with more of the same genre. and it's also available on most mobile devices. you can spice up your music collection and still hear the classics you love all without spending a dime. with "click this," i'm isabel. >> coming up, a recipe for a tasty and healthy snack. >> there are lots of recipes you can cook up without ever turning on a stove. this week, chef johnny prep shows nicole how to make a zesty salsa. >> so, chef johnny, my hands are washed. i'm eager to get started. what's first? >> well, let's get going here. we're gonna make red salsa, which is a very simple salsa that is very traditional in mexican cuisine. we're gonna start with some tomatoes, a jalapeÑo, a little bit of garlic, we're gonna do some cilantro, we're gonna do some sea salt, and then i'm gonna pull out a secret ingredient later. >> what's the secret ingredient? >> the secret ingredient is chicken base. >> mmm. >> a really, really good mexican

of social media in decision making and consumption, the changing patterns of music consumption via pandorand spotify is changing the arts in general and funding mechanisms. >> when we hear about a cancellation of the season, is that a shock, or are there a lot of warning signs along the way? >> it's hard to say. i can't speak specifically to sacramento, but some are shocking and some people have heard about for a long time. there have been so many stories now, i wouldn't say in general looking at the field that it's shocking anymore. >> tom, how does the city assess the sort of play, the field of play in san francisco? how healthy are the arts, from your perspective? >> well, san francisco's lucky in that we have the largest number of nonprofits per capita of any city in the country, so we have a robust arts ecosystem. that said, we know the cost of living challenges and affordability issues we face in san francisco are a huge barrier to the thriving arts scenery and our arts and cultural nonprofit organizations, many of them, are struggling for affordable real estate. the city recently al

users will be able to listen to music without ads, similar to spotify or pandora's paid streaming servicekey difference, the gigantic library of concert footage and remixes. after a free 30-day trial, users will have to pay $9.99 a month. no word on when google's music service will roll out. >>> it's a gig of a lifetime, but a new twist. the nfl is looking for an entertainer to perform apt next year's super bowl. however you have to pay to play. the league has asked its top choice, katy perry, rihanna and cold play if they would be willing to pay the league for the honor to play at the super bowl. performers usually get a huge bump in popularity after that halftime show. and the league, of course, wants a piece of the action. the super bowl, by the way, is in the phoenix area in february. >> we'll keep you posted in how much it costs. >>> coming up next, geraud moncure and maybe the strangest giants gym of the season. stick around. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know the great wall of china wasn't always so

taxes in a statement said it's not in the best interest, long term, of shareholders and pandora reachedeal with merlin, giving artists more money, air play and information. abc 7 is joining a host of community volunteers to build a new playground the project is located at conk corda park. on friday efforts will take about six hours to finish. the community is eager to see it built. >> this is good for the kids yes. they're going to enjoy and be happy. and they can be here. >> the heavy lifting will take another week to installçó and perform necessary checks. when it does open here is where it will be. >> very exciting. >> a local mortgage lender whose customers describe him as a monster. will they get their money back? >> the russian gang that hacked more than a bill wrin accounts. maybe yours. >> and a pair of families tied together by tragedy. their first get together after a transplant swap. more still to come. female announcer: sunday's your last chance to save big during sleep train's trtriple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and postur

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opening the box or opening the pandora's box? it is a landmark in your favor.e lead attorney for at o'bannon in the o'bannon trial, a ruling that landed like a bomb on the ncaa friday afternoon. coming up, much more on this ruling and we will look at with the colleges might do next. ♪ >> more now on the big sports ruling over the weekend. thatge in california ruled the ncaa cannot stop layers from selling their names and likenesses of the founder of sports impact is with us as is andrew brandt who runs the center for sports law who is also an esp analyst and our .xpert the ncaa says is going to appeal at least part of this ruling. to division one basketball and football? players happens to the question mark but i don't think armageddon is upon us. know if it's going to create more imbalance that we already. that's going to give them the voting ability the full cost of attendance. the o'bannon ruling is going to provide the opportunity for student athletes to cash in on their names, likeness and image. the last one is the kessler case. i don't know what the outc

let's start with number 10 and pandora. attracting interest from companies including amazon, google, microsoft, yahoo!. it is a long list according to deal reporter, who did not say where they got the information. they also quoted the pandora ceo saying they do not spend any time wondering if there will be a takeover target, but, on. we have heard this already. >> ever nine, exact science -- a forany won at home approval the first test for: cancer. it might -- colon cancer. the presencecate of cancer, and i apologize if you're having your breakfast right now. >> number eight, william simona -- the top pick for a back-to-school shopping season, with a firm citing the pottery barn unit that sells school supplies including backpacks, lunch boxes, and dorm room essentials. williams-sonoma prices are up 25% so far this year. that is if you are really pimpin g out your kids dorm room. that is high-end stuff. >> that is. i never had that in mind. number six, tesla -- consumer tesla. -- number seven, consumer reports says the model