Why Pandora Is Opening Its Big Data To Artists ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code + community

"For nine years, Pandora has been amassing a stockpile of data--and 45 billion "thumb" button clicks later, the Internet radio company knows so much about how people listen to music that the insights have become its chief competitive advantage. Not even Apple has succeeded in shaking Pandora from dominance. But what about the people that make all those songs in the first place?  Today, Pandora stops hogging all the big data glory for itself and opens up the Pandora Artist Marketing Platform (AMP). Through it, artists can see basic analytics like how many times their tracks get played, how many stations are built from their songs, how many thumbs up or down they're getting, and a breakdown of geographic and demographic data ..."