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Spotify to launch in-app sales for EU iPhone users

Sam Lambert
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A new regulation in the European Union requires Apple to let the company bill users directly. Spotify recently announced that along with an upcoming update to its iPhone application, it will start allowing consumers in the European Union to buy through direct in-app sales of subscriptions and audiobooks. In the majority of regions worldwide, the Apple App Store bans direct billing through applications. According to Apple, developers in markets other than the EU should use the iOS store’s own billing services for in-app sales. By doing this, it means that…

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Apple is making it harder to buy Spotify audiobooks

Sam Lambert
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The music streaming app has essentially given up on trying to make it simpler for consumers to shop. Spotify audiobooks have become such a nuisance due to Apple’s actions that the music streaming app has all but abandoned its efforts to simplify the process of shopping for consumers. Instead, it is now telling its users that they will need to find their own way to listen to books. The app had initially tried to create a Spotify audiobooks button that would make it possible for a user to email a…

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Music streaming deal inked between Samsung and Spotify

Jorge Gonzalez
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A partnership with Spotify will let Samsung users enjoy seamless listening among multiple devices. A long-term music streaming deal has recently been struck between Samsung and Spotify that will result in Samsung users having the option to play music across all Samsung devices, including smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, smartwatches, and home speakers. Spotify will become a natural part of the set-up process for new Samsung devices. Spotify will naturally be worked into the set-up process of new Samsung devices. This will include the Spotify app being easily discoverable on smartphones…

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Apple Music growth rate to hold steady at 40 percent for three years

Jesse Collins
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The music streaming system is expected to drive Services growth throughout that time. The strong and steady Apple Music growth rate is expected to play an important role over the next three years, says an analyst. It will be among the top driving factor for sending services revenue upward. That said, it may also reduce overall margins, said the analyst. The figures presented by the analyst were printed into a note received by his investors. The data was put forward in a note to investors. Macquarie Capital’s Ben Schachter wrote…

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Spotify IPO a resounding success on Wall Street

Julie Campbell
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The circumstance has left many wondering what it will mean for music streaming’s future. The Spotify IPO has been labeled a powerful success, though many are now curious about what it will do to music streaming. The Swedish company now has a valuation of about $26.6 billion. On its first day, Spotify’s market share skyrocketed but has fallen since that time. The share prices fell following the Spotify IPO as a result of less-than perfect confidence in the company’s business model, reported Reuters. That said, the company’s performance may say…

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