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These Are The Companies That Just Gave Spotify Half A Billion Dollars

2015-06-13 23:20:05| IT Services - Topix.net

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How I Got My Stupid Album on Spotify and iTunes (and You Can Too)

2015-06-10 22:01:57| PC Magazine MP3 Player Product Guide

It's embarrassingly easy to distribute your music online. Read on to learn about the meteoric rise of Evan Awesomeface.

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Spotify Raises $500 Million in Apple Battle

2015-06-10 16:21:28| IT Services - Topix.net

Music-streaming company Spotify Ltd. has raised $526 million in a fundraising that values it at $8.53 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter, as investors bet it can fend off a new threat from Apple Inc. The fundraising attracted investment from a number of investment funds in Europe and the U.S. and included a $115 million investment from Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera AB, which said the two companies would work together on areas such as media distribution, data analytics and advertising.

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Spotify raises USD 526 mln, sells stake to TeliaSonera

2015-06-10 10:03:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) TeliaSonera said it has made an equity investment into Spotify of USD 115 million and that it has extended its cooperation with the music streaming company after working together five years. Under the new strategic partnership, TeliaSonera paid USD 115 million for a 1.4 percent stake. Both companies are also committing resources, staff and other assets to ignite their joint innovation agenda within areas such as media distribution, customer insights, data analytics and advertising. A joint TeliaSonera-Spotify team will be set up to run the projects. Spotify recently raised USD 526 million during its latest funding round, the Wall Street Journal reported. The round values the company at USD 8.53 billion, sources said. Spotify wants to invest in expansion and new forms of content as it faces a growing set of challengers.

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