Brief news items and worthwhile reads from around the web:
Pandora and Samsung partner in Australia: We reported Pandora’s agreement with Samsung in New Zealand, putting Pandora’s Internet radio in Samsung Smart TVs. Now the agreement is extended to Pandora’s other non-U.S. country, Australia. (Press Release)
History of in-car entertainment: An informative and (for those of a certain age) memory-lane-evoking review of how listening in the car has changed over decades. A good read as consumers and the music industry grapple with digital dashboards, in-car Internet, and the fate of radio. (Ars Technica)
Profile of a Spotify spammer: this surprisingly charming profile features a man who has uploaded thousands of original tracks to Spotify, and earns decent royalties from the volume. Not really a scam, this fellow records and publishes at least one song a day, and eivdently does it partly for the love of it … and partly for the love of money. (Pando)
Apple employees speak out about why Apple needs Beats: Potentially revealing dirt-flinging here, as past and present Apple employees speak anonymously about Apple executives’ cluelessness regarding streaming music. (BuzzFeed)