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Pandora Media acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Pandora Media bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Ticketfly
Word for word“On October 31, 2015, we completed the acquisition of Ticketfly for an aggregate purchase price of $335.3 million of common stock and cash, including 11,193,847 shares of the Company’s common stock and approximately $191.5 million in cash paid by the Company.” 10-K for 2015
acquisitionOctober 31, 2015$335.3 million of common stock and cash
Next Big Sound, Inc. ("NBS")
Word for word“On July 1, 2015, we completed the acquisition of NBS.” 10-K for 2015
acquisitionJuly 1, 2015—
technology and intellectual property from Rdio, Inc. ("Rdio")
Word for word“On December 23, 2015, we completed the acquisition of technology and intellectual property from Rdio for $77.5 million , which includes $2.5 million in additional purchase consideration transferred prior to the closing of the acquisition.” 10-K for 2015
acquisitionDecember 23, 2015$77.5 million
KXMZ-FM
Word for word“The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") approved the transfer of the FCC licenses and the acquisition was completed in June 2015.” 10-K for 2015
acquisitionJune 2015—
Next Big Sound
Word for word“For example, in 2015, we acquired Next Big Sound, Ticketfly and certain assets of Rdio.” 10-K for 2016
acquisition2015—
Ticketfly
Word for word“On September 1, 2017, we completed the sale of Ticketfly to Eventbrite.” 10-K for 2017
divestitureSeptember 1, 2017—
Next Big Sound, Ticketfly and certain assets of Rdio
Word for word“For example, in 2015, we acquired Next Big Sound, Ticketfly and certain assets of Rdio.” 10-K for 2017
acquisition2015—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31$676,000$2.8 million

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Pandora Media’s annual reports (10-K for 2017, 10-K for 2016, 10-K for 2015) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2018-02-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.