Alex Tear Joins Pandora as VP/Music Curation & Programming

Alex Tear

Alex Tear joins SiriusXM's Pandora as VP/Music Curation & Programming. He'll be located at Pandora's offices in New York office and will report to Pandora VP/Content and Programming Alex White. Prior to joining Pandora, Tear served as Senior VP/Programming and National Top 40 Brand Music Director at iHeartMedia for the last 13 years. Previously, he headed music and programming operations at ABC Disney for over a decade.

SiriusXM President/Chief Content Officer Scott Greenstein said, "Tear will be responsible for partnering with the programming teams to further build Pandora's listener base and maximize music assets across both the Pandora and SiriusXM platforms. More specifically, he will work closely with Pandora's music genre leaders on refining top curated stations and playlists, and further defining strategy and execution of mood and activity programming along with new artist development."

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