OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pandora (NYSE: P), the leading internet radio service, announced today new metrics that were reached in the month of January 2013.

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• Listener hours for Pandora during the month of January 2013 were 1.39 billion, an increase of 47% from 952 million during the same period last year.
• Share of total U.S. radio listening for Pandora in January 2013 was 8.03%, an increase from 5.55% at the same time last year.
• Active listeners were 65.6 million at the end of January 2013, an increase of 38% from
  47.6 million during the same time period last year.

Pandora is releasing key audience metrics on a monthly basis to provide the most current information regarding Pandora's users and usage across platforms.

ABOUT PANDORA
Pandora (NYSE: P) gives people music and comedy they love anytime, anywhere, through connected devices. Personalized stations launch instantly with the input of a single "seed" - a favorite artist, song or genre. The Music Genome Project ^®, a deeply detailed hand-built musical taxonomy, powers the personalization of Pandora^® internet radio by using musicological "DNA" and constant listener feedback to craft personalized stations from a growing collection of hundreds of thousands of recordings. Tens of millions of people turn on Pandora every month to hear music they love. www.pandora.com

SOURCE Pandora Media, Inc.