Spotify and Pandora Brace for Beats Music to Drop

This post was updated on Jan. 16 at 10 a.m. ET.

The launch of Beats Music is causing a bit of stir among its online music streaming competitors.

Pandora Music announced today the introduction of personalized music streams that will incorporate listener tendencies to generate a list of artists.

"Personalized station recommendations on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets will provide listeners with up to 6 suggested artist stations to add and listen to at a time, based on current listening preferences, taking into account your station list and what you have told us you like or dislike through thumb interactions," Pandora said in a blog post. Read more...