Sirius XM Holdings Inc

Disney (DIS) plans to introduce a bundled video package that includes Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+. DIS plans to address password sharing on these services.

Investors want to understand how Spotify is growing its audience and coping with competition in the streaming music marketplace.

Signaling that its smart speaker business is doing well, Facebook (FB) is preparing to release a new generation of its Portal smart speaker device before the end of the year.

Comcast (CMCSA) has expanded the streaming media options for its television customers by adding Amazon’s (AMZN) digital music service to its Xfinity X1 platform.

Sirius XM’s (SIRI) Pandora had a good year. SensorTower reports Pandora was the second-highest-grossing non-game app in the US in May, trailing dating app Tinder.

Snap (SNAP) is in talks to license music rights from Sony Music Entertainment (SNE), Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. Snap is pursuing music licenses from these record labels to expand how people share songs in posts on its Snapchat app.

Spotify (SPOT) and Pandora, keen to expand their advertising businesses, are turning to voice.

Netflix announced on April 10 that it would be providing parts of its stand-up comedy specials on Sirius XM’s new comedy station, Netflix Is A Joke Radio, starting on April 15.

The streaming music market in the US continues to grow, which is good news for providers such as Apple (AAPL).

Apple (AAPL) recently overtook Spotify (SPOT) as the top streaming music provider in terms of premium subscribers in the United States.

Spotify has expanded its strategic partnership with Samsung. Spotify’s music app will be installed on Samsung’s mobile devices globally.

Spotify (SPOT) and Google (GOOGL) have partnered on a temporary rewards program to tackle Amazon (AMZN) and Apple.

Twitter (TWTR) is developing a feature that will allow people to quietly follow conversations on its social network.

Pandora, which is now a part of Sirius XM (SIRI), is currently the most popular music streaming platform in the US.

There is a lot of investor attention focused on Apple’s (AAPL) service business.

Sirius XM (SIRI) looks forward to a much brighter future with Pandora, which it acquired for $3.5 billion.

Pandora (P) is scheduled to hold a special stakeholder meeting on January 29.

Spotify (SPOT) wants to focus more of its attention this year on developing its podcast business.

Spotify (SPOT) is preparing to launch in India by the end of January.

Spotify (SPOT) has started testing a new type of ad format that allows brands to sponsor its Discover Weekly playlist.

Spotify (SPOT) is preparing to launch its music streaming service in India as early as the first quarter of 2019.

Apple (AAPL) is exploring partnering with iHeartMedia, according to the Financial Times.

When Pandora (P) agreed to be bought by Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI), it was allowed a 30-day window to go out and seek alternative acquisition proposals.

Pandora (P) has recently inked a deal to handle US advertising sales for music-sharing service SoundCloud.

For a period last month, Spotify (SPOT) was contacting some customers on its family plan to confirm their residential addresses.

The acquisition of Shazam is expected to strengthen Apple’s position in the streaming music market.

Sirius XM (SIRI) stock fell 10.3% on September 24 and closed trading at $6.26. Sirius XM lost ~$3.0 billion in market value.

Pandora (P) has entered an agreement to sell itself to Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) in an all-cash deal expected to close by April next year.

Sirius (SIRI) has agreed to buy music streaming company Pandora (P) in a deal valued at $3.5 billion in an all-stock deal.

Video streaming giant Netflix (NFLX) bought comic publisher Millarworld in August 2017.

Charter Communications’ (CHTR) board of directors is undergoing some changes.

Netflix (NFLX) has cut a deal with Sirius XM (SIRI) to create a comedy channel for the radio broadcaster.

In June 2017, Apple Music (AAPL) introduced a new $99 yearly subscription plan for $8.25 per month. This price point is $1.75 lower than its previous subscription plan.

Verizon (VZ) is contemplating making an investment of $100.0 million in Pandora (P), the New York Post reported earlier this month.

Sirius XM had a stellar 2015 performance with a 30% increase in subscribers over 2014. The company had net subscriber additions of 2.2 million during the year.

WHIAX shouldn’t face liquidity trouble if junk bonds don’t get worse. Over half of its assets are invested deep into junk territory—this could be a concern.

Pandora Media (P) expects its total revenue growth in 2015 to slow down. It expects its 2015 revenues to be in the range of ~$1.2 billion–$1.6 billion.

Pandora Media tracks RPM for revenues from its ad-based and subscription service to gauge the company’s monetization of listening hours.

On October 22, 2015, Sirius XM (SIRI) announced its 3Q15 earnings. The company had total paid subscribers at an all-time high of 29 million in 3Q15.

February saw high yield, or junk bond, activity pick up. Investors turned to high yield debt for higher yields. Most deals were to refinance older debt.

In 2013, Walgreen opened the nation’s first net zero energy store and is targeting energy production equal to or greater than its energy consumption.

Citigroup posted a $3.4 billion net income, up by 8% with revenues of $19.6 billion, and the net interest margin increased to 2.91% for 3Q14.

The third quarter of 2014 was by far the best for SiriusXM in terms of market penetration as well as increasing revenues.

On March 6, 2014, grocery store operators Safeway and Albertsons announced a merger agreement valued at approximately $9 billion.

SiriusXM’s net income was $136 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, in 3Q14, an increase of 117% from $63 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, in 3Q13.

In February, Comcast agreed to buy Time Warner Cable for ~$45.2 billion. This deal will create the largest cable provider in the U.S.

Hillshire reported fiscal 4Q14 net sales of $1.1 billion, up 10.7% in comparison to the corresponding period last year.

Ireland-based Covidien is a global healthcare leader that offers innovative medical technology solutions and patient care products to providers.

JANA Partners disposed of a position in Juniper Networks (JNPR) that accounted for 2.65% of the fund’s 1Q14 portfolio. Juniper Networks sells high-performance network products and service offerings across routing, switching, and security to service provider and enterprise markets.

The company missed on 4Q13 earnings and revenue back in February.

EOG’s 1Q14 profit was up 34% to $661 million, or $1.21 per share, up from $495 million, or $0.91 per share in the year ago quarter.

First quarter results beat estimates despite a decline in earnings and revenue.

Exterran Holding reported lower 1Q14 profits.

Pandora’s valuations are considered lofty at a 175.4x forward price to earnings ratio considering the company has struggled to earn profits.

The Pandora One service has 3.3 million subscribers and includes advertisement-free access, better audio quality, and reduced timeouts, and offers listeners with additional skips.

Pandora is facing investor concerns that its core business is slowing down on the basis of audience metrics, and that its current valuation is not justified.

JANA Partners exited its position in Agrium Inc. last quarter, which was a 10.43% position in JANA’s 3Q 2013 portfolio.

In the last quarter, JANA Partners increased its position in QEP Resources to 5.34% from 2.80%.

JANA Partners enhanced its position in from 0.17% to 4.23% last quarter General Motors.