Pandora has announced that Sling TV founding CEO Roger Lynch will join the company as CEO and president, effective September 18th, 2017. Naveen Chopra, who served as Pandora’s interim CEO following co-founder Tim Westergren’s announcement that he was vacating all official positions with the company, will continue as chief financial officer.
As the founding CEO of Dish Network-owned Sling TV, Lynch led the company to become the leading on-demand over-the-top (OTT) service in the US Before Sling TV, he held several executive positions with Dish Network, UK IPTV provider Video Networks International, and Chello Broadband. Though Lynch does not have executive experience within the music industry, he has a history of leading companies...