NEW YORK & OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pandora (NYSE:P), the world's most powerful music discovery platform, and SONGS Music Publishing, the No. 1 independent co-publisher by market share, today announced a multi-year licensing agreement for SONGS catalog of musical works. This direct publishing deal creates business benefits for Pandora, while modernizing and equalizing compensation for SONGS and its songwriters in the U.S. "Now is the time to move past the over-regulation of songwriter