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Spotify

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Spotify has created a lightweight software application that allows instant listening to specific tracks or albums with virtually no buffering delay. It was launched in the fall of 2008 and had approximately 10 million users by September 2010.

Spotify offers streaming music from major and independent record labels including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group, and Universal. Users download Spotify and then log onto their service enabling the on-demand streaming of music. Music can be browsed by artist, album, record label, genre or playlist as well as by direct searches.

Users can register either for free accounts supported by visual and radio-style advertising or for paid subscriptions without ads and with a range of extra features such as higher bitrate streams and offline access to music.

A paid “Premium” subscription is required to use Spotify on mobile devices.

Recent Milestones

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  Spotify acquired Tunigo. (5/3/13)
  Posted 5/5/13 at 11:09pm via gigaom.com
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  Spotify added David Kimball as Spotify Campus Influencer . (4/1/13)
  Posted 4/21/13 at 10:30pm
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  Spotify — Spotify hits 6 million paid users as market for music streaming heats up (3/12/13)
  Posted 3/12/13 at 6:05pm via paidcontent.org
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  Spotify — Spotify partners with Ford to bring its music streaming service to Sync-equipped cars (1/25/13)
  Posted 2/25/13 at 1:26am via theverge.com
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  Spotify — Spotify is pressing play on a new $220M round at a $4B valuation (5/17/12)
  Posted 5/17/12 at 7:51pm via venturebeat.com
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  Spotify added Mike Berkley as VP Product. (4/1/12)
  Posted 4/25/12 at 9:03pm
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  Spotify — New round could make Spotify sing for a $3.5B valuation (3/23/12)
  Posted 3/23/12 at 5:38pm via venturebeat.com
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  Spotify — Spotify unveiled their new platform Spotify Apps. (11/30/11)
  Posted 9/9/12 at 4:48am via spotify.com
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  Spotify — Now With 2.5 Million Customers, Spotify Tries Patenting Itself (11/23/11)
  Posted 11/23/11 at 6:43pm via paidcontent.org
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  Spotify added Samuel Cyprian as User Growth. (10/1/11)
  Posted 7/11/12 at 10:38pm
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  Spotify added Andrew Mager as Hacker Advocate. (8/21/11)
  Posted 8/21/11 at 5:55am
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  Spotify — Spotify launches in the United States (7/14/11)
  Posted 7/15/11 at 1:19pm via go.com
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  Spotify received $100M in Venture Round funding. (6/17/11)
  Posted 6/17/11 at 8:07pm via thealarmclock.com
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  Spotify — Spotify Announcing US Launch; Closing European Service To Fund It (3/31/11)
  Posted 3/31/11 at 9:06pm via techcrunch.com
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  Spotify — Spotify’s 1 Million Milestone (3/8/11)
  Posted 3/8/11 at 8:03pm via paidcontent.org
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  Spotify — DST About To Lead Huge Spotify Funding (2/21/11)
  Posted 2/21/11 at 6:07pm via techcrunch.com

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Sources

1. Spotify buys music discovery app Tunigo (gigaom.com) [edit]
2. Capital Report Index [edit]
3. Spotify seals $50m funding while awaiting iPhone approval (mobile-ent.biz) [edit]
4. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Euro Music Service Spotify Raises $100M at $1B+ Valuation (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
Sources: Spotify Takes Investment From Sean Parker At Founders Fund (techcrunch.com) [edit]
DST About To Lead Huge Spotify Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Spotify’s 1 Million Milestone (paidcontent.org) [edit]
Spotify Announcing US Launch; Closing European Service To Fund It (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Spotify U.S. Launch: Revolutionary or Just Another Music Streaming Service? (abcnews.go.com) [edit]
Now With 2.5 Million Customers, Spotify Tries Patenting Itself (paidcontent.org) [edit]
New round could make Spotify sing for a $3.5B valuation (venturebeat.com) [edit]
Spotify is pressing play on a new $220M round at a $4B valuation (venturebeat.com) [edit]
Spotify, a perfect platform for Apps (spotify.com) [edit]
Spotify partners with Ford to bring its music streaming service to Sync-equipped cars (theverge.com) [edit]
Spotify hits 6 million paid users as market for music streaming heats up (paidcontent.org) [edit]