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Spotify snags Swedish music app Tunigo
Business & Money: 3 May 13
Swedish music streaming service Spotify has acquired Swedish music discovery app Tunigo, the company announced on Friday.
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TeliaSonera board member avoids taxes
Business & Money: 22 Apr 13
Spotify founder Martin Lorentzon, brought in to revitalize the profile of bribery-accused Swedish telecom giant TeliaSonera, has avoided millions in taxes to Sweden through a shell company in Cyprus.
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US and Sweden: innovative, entrepreneurial, and audacious
Analysis & Opinion: 18 Mar 13
On the 375th anniversary of Swedes' first arriving in what is now the United States, ambassadors from both countries hail the pioneering spirit that informs cooperative efforts to address critical challenges facing the world today.
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Google 'ideal employer' for Swedish students
Business & Money: 14 Mar 13
A majority of Swedish business, IT, and science engineering students would like to land a job with Google, according to the 2013 Ideal Employer Rankings.
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New album from Abba legend Agnetha Fältskog
National: 11 Mar 13
Abba vocalist Agnetha Fältskog released a new single on Monday ahead of the scheduled May release of her first studio album in nearly a decade.
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Swedes prefer streaming to downloading
Analysis & Opinion: 10 Mar 13
Sweden is home to a vibrant community of file-sharing activists, but it is also at the forefront of a global recovery in music sales driven by streaming music services such as Spotify, AFP's Sören Billing reports.
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Spotify launches in-car collaboration with Volvo
Science & Technology: 6 Mar 13
Swedish music giant Spotify announced on Tuesday that it had launched its new in-car entertainment product for Volvo drivers with touch-enabled dashboards.
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'Every creative agency in California wants a Swede'
Science & Technology: 5 Mar 13
The Local speaks to TEDxStockholm founder Carl Bärstad on why the Swedes are an innovative nation - and why they need to learn how to fail.
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Swedish ISP hits back over TV licence fees
Science & Technology: 25 Jan 13
A Swedish ISP outraged by the prospect of computer and iPad owners being forced to pay TV licence fees is offering clients a "TV Stopper" to block online content from state broadcaster SVT.
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iPad owners to pay Swedish TV licence fee
Science & Technology: 22 Jan 13
A move by Sveriges Television (SVT) to offer all of its content online means that Swedes who watch digitally streamed content on computer and tablet devices such as the iPad will have to start paying television licence fees.
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Spotify rakes in half of Swedish music sales
Society: 18 Jan 13
Streaming services such as Spotify continue to bump up revenues for Swedish record companies, new industry figures reveal, offering hope for an industry struggling to recover from rampant file sharing.
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The best (and worst) Swedish music of 2012
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Dec 12
With the new year approaching, ex-Londoner Paul Connolly takes a look at the best - and worst - Swedish music released in 2012, while pondering if his love of the Swedish pop charts might mean he's "going native".
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Spotify 'gets louder' with rockers Metallica
Science & Technology: 7 Dec 12
Music by heavy metal legends Metallica is now available on Swedish music streaming service Spotify, the company announced on Thursday, as it unveiled new features to help make the service more personal and interactive.
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Stockholm – where the past and the future combine
Education: 22 Oct 12
With three institutions in the top 100 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities and as home to the likes of Ericsson, Ikea, Electrolux, Spotify, Volvo and many more global corporations, Sweden is already an attractive proposition for the next generation of academics, researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs.
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Netflix launches film streaming in Sweden
Business & Money: 15 Oct 12
Netflix launched its film streaming service in Sweden on Monday, offering a special deal to current Spotify subscribers in an otherwise low-key entry into the Nordic region for the US company.
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Curators of Sweden in Stockholm 'Tweet-up'
Society: 12 Oct 12
Almost one year after the inception of the “Curators of Sweden”, the ex-curators and organizers met up on Friday to plan the next step for the world’s "most democratic" Twitter account.
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Spotify on Samsung smart TVs in Europe
Business & Money: 11 Oct 12
South Korean electronics giant Samsung will be the first to offer the Swedish music streaming service Spotify's catalogue on its smart TVs across Europe, the company said Wednesday.
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Swedish service launches 'Spotify for TV'
Business & Money: 4 Sep 12
Swedish TV service Magine launched a Spotify-like channel but for television on Monday, where viewers can choose exactly which programmes they want to watch and when.
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Surprise boom for Swedish music industry
Business & Money: 13 Jul 12
The Swedish music industry has seen an increase in sales in the first half of 2012, with digital services like Spotify to thank for the boost, new figures show.
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Skype-founders launch Spotify rival in Sweden
Business & Money: 4 Jul 12
Swedish online music company Spotify will now see further competition on the home front after Rdio, a similar music streaming service, created by the founders of Skype and launched in Sweden and Finland on Wednesday.
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Swedish bikini models in steamy support video
Society: 15 Jun 12
A Swedish web magazine has released what it claims to be the best thing to happen to Swedish football in years: a “scandalous” and bikini-clad music video in support of Sweden at the Euro 2012 football championships.
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Spotify launches its services Down Under
Science & Technology: 22 May 12
Swedish music streaming service Spotify launched in Australia and New Zealand on Monday, offering the same services as in Europe and the US.
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Spotify launches new app for Apple's iPad
Science & Technology: 2 May 12
Spotify has released its long-anticipated iPad app, allowing users to access the hit Swedish digital music service via an interface tailored to Apple's popular tablet computer.
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Swedish start-ups booming: investor
Business & Money: 23 Apr 12
A record number of investors flocked to the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship Start-Up Day and have indicated that Sweden will be a hub for new start-ups in the wake of Spotify and Skype’s global success.
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Coca-cola joins forces with Swedish Spotify
Business & Money: 19 Apr 12
Swedish online music company Spotify and soft drink giant Coca-Cola on Wednesday launched a joint venture in a move to combine Coke's each and brand appeal with the online music platform.
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Two Swedes among world's 'most influential'
Society: 18 Apr 12
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, who has "democratized music" according to a citation by actor Aston Kutcher, is one of two Swedes who made Time magazine's ranking of the world's most influential people this year.
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Spotify CEO gives stock market the cold shoulder
Science & Technology: 13 Apr 12
Despite a predicted turnover of six billion kronor ($887 million) in 2012, Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek has revealed that a stock exchange listing is not on the cards for the Swedish online music company.
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Skype founder: 'cold winters' key to Swedish tech success
Science & Technology: 16 Feb 12
Swedish entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström, founder of Skype, and Andreas Ehn, founder of Spotify, spoke recently in Stockholm about the secrets to their success and why Sweden "punches above its weight" when it comes to producing tech start-ups.
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Streaming services 'save' Swedish record industry
Business & Money: 24 Jan 12
While Swedish CD sales are continuing to drop significantly, record companies’ revenue from streaming services like Spotify is soaring and digital sales now amount to over half of the companies’ proceeds, according to fresh figures from trade organization IFPI.
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Why should I study in Sweden?
Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
It is a big step to study abroad, and the options are almost limitless. So what makes Sweden stand out as a study destination?
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Ek the 'most important man in music': Forbes
Science & Technology: 6 Jan 12
Swedish internet music service Spotify’s ground breaking inventor Daniel Ek has been hailed the most important person in the world of music by American journal Forbes.
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Swedish Soundcloud set to expand with new American investment
Business & Money: 4 Jan 12
The Swedish online audio platform Soundcloud announced on Wednesday that they are teaming up with American company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Buyers to further expand their lucrative business.
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Ashton Kutcher in 'secret' Stockholm visit
Society: 22 Dec 11
Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher swept into Stockholm on Wednesday, spending time at the headquarters of Swedish music streaming service Spotify before heading out for a night on the town.
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Spotify launches app platform
Business & Money: 1 Dec 11
Online music service Spotify on Wednesday announced that it planned to open up to outside developers to create applications, unveiling partnerships with Rolling Stone, SongKick, TuneWiki and others.
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Spotify hits 2.5 million subscriber milestone
Business & Money: 24 Nov 11
Swedish online music star Spotify said Wednesday that it has reached 2.5 million paying subscribers.
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Spotify announcement prompts flurry of online rumours
Business & Money: 22 Nov 11
A promise by Swedish music streaming service Spotify on Monday to unveil a “new direction” has sparked a flurry of rumours and speculation about what sort of innovation the company may have in store.
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Swedish toddlers surf the internet in droves: report
Science & Technology: 16 Nov 11
Every other Swedish 3-year-old uses the internet, more than 50 percent of Swedes use Facebook, and there are more computers than people in Sweden, according to a new study.
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Jobs 'our time's Da Vinci': Spotify CEO
Science & Technology: 6 Oct 11
Swedish IT notables and politicians are among those joining in the chorus of praise for the life of Steve Jobs, the charismatic co-founder of Apple who died on Wednesday aged 56.
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Spotify defends demand for Facebook tie in
Business & Money: 28 Sep 11
Swedish music retailer and streaming service Spotify has defended its decision to require Facebook membership from all new users, explaining that the tie in is "all about creating an amazing new world of music discovery".
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Spotify and Facebook in music partnership
Business & Money: 23 Sep 11
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday presented a partnership with Swedish firm Spotify, to make its popular music streaming service an integral part of the social media website's platform.
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Swedes pioneer new 'Spotify for e-books'
Science & Technology: 15 Sep 11
Following in the footsteps of Swedish streaming music service Spotify, a group of tech entrepreneurs believe they've found a similar solution that could revolutionise the book market, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Top ten Swedish tech innovations
Science & Technology: 7 Sep 11
Sweden is renowned for its innovation and strong research tradition and The Local has compiled a list of ten technological breakthroughs of the last decade.
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Windfall on the cards for Spotify staff
Business & Money: 12 Aug 11
Employees of online music streaming service Spotify who took up the option to buy shares are set for a huge windfall.
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Spotify service fails on music quality: report
Science & Technology: 22 Jul 11
Music streaming service Spotify may be in breach of Swedish marketing laws, according to claims in a report published on Friday, with many finding that the quality of the music does not match company promises.
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Spotify aims high after US launch
Science & Technology: 15 Jul 11
Swedish music streaming service Spotify launched its popular service in the US on Thursday, hoping to repeat its success in Europe which has seen the firm attract more than ten million users.
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Spotify set for US launch
Business & Money: 14 Jul 11
Swedish music streaming service Spotify is set to launch its popular service in the US on Thursday.
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Spotify signs deal with Virgin Media
National: 7 Jul 11
Virgin Media announced on Wednesday it had agreed a deal with Sweden's Spotify to offer music streaming services for the British company's television, mobile phone and Internet subscribers.
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Spotify and Facebook in music streaming tie-in
Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Swedish music service Spotify and social networking giant Facebook are collaborating on a streaming music service, according to a media report Wednesday.
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Spotify takes fight to iTunes with iPod app
Business & Money: 4 May 11
Swedish music service Spotify has launched an iPod app, as the firm seeks compete for music sales with Apple's iTunes and expand user options after imposing restrictions on its free streaming service last month.
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Spotify to set limits on free music streaming
Science & Technology: 14 Apr 11
Swedish music streaming service Spotify has announced plans to implement new limits on its free service in hopes of encouraging more users to pay for the services premium features.
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Spotify shuts down ads as virus strikes
Business & Money: 25 Mar 11
Swedish online music streaming service Spotify has switched off its adverts after users of its ad-supported version reported being hit by a virus attack.
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Spotify hits million paying user milestone
Business & Money: 8 Mar 11
Swedish digital music service Spotify now has one million paying users, the company announced on Tuesday, more than twice as many compared to a year ago.
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New music service takes up the Spotify gauntlet
Business & Money: 24 Feb 11
Scandinavian mobile technology firm Aspiro has announced the impending launch in Sweden of WiMP, a new music streaming service hoping to imitate the success of pioneering Swedish site Spotify.
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US student builds online travel dreams in Sweden
Travel: 24 Jan 11
While he first came to Sweden for the free education and "hot women on bicycles," American entrepreneur Peter Sullivan now finds himself the centre of a new brand of social networking business, contributor Malin Nyberg discovers.
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Spotify signs US deal with Sony: report
Science & Technology: 21 Jan 11
Swedish online music service Spotify has inked its first US distribution deal, bringing the popular music service one step closer to the desktops and mobile phones of US-based listeners.
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Spotify poaches radio revenues
Science & Technology: 16 Nov 10
The radio is losing ground in the advertising market to digital broadcasters such as Spotify, according to a Swedish media industry organisation.
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Swedish entrepreneur launches first Social Exchange: Introducing Social Networking 2.0
Business & Money: 15 Sep 10
Sponsored article: Swedish internet visionary and serial entrepreneur Johan Staël von Holstein is back, this time with MyCube, which he calls 'the social exchange,' where privacy, ownership and control are the foundations that enable more valuable and meaningful online interactions.
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Songwriter royalty fees surge through Spotify
Science & Technology: 24 Jun 10
Payments from the Swedish Performing Rights Society (Sveriges Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå, STIM) for music listening through Spotify have increased eightfold in one year.
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Spotify boost for Swedish music firm coffers
Business & Money: 27 May 10
Swedish online music service Spotify is starting to become a major revenue stream for Swedish music companies as digital sales are forecast to account for 25 percent of income in 2010.
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'Streaming overtakes file sharing': report
National: 13 Feb 10
Although file sharing over the internet continues to grow in Sweden it is becoming dwarfed by online streaming of TV and and films, according to a new report by the internet company Cisco.
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Sweden sets pace as countries race to tackle music piracy
Science & Technology: 27 Jan 10
Countries all over the world are following the lead of Sweden, France and South Korea as the battle against illegal music downloads intensifies.
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Top ten Swedish songs of the decade
Lifestyle: 18 Dec 09
Songs of the decade: The Local's editor Paul O'Mahony dips into the vaults and pulls out his ten favourite Swedish tracks of the last ten years.
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File sharing in Sweden nears record high
National: 6 Dec 09
Following a severe drop in the aftermath of Ipred, Sweden’s new anti-piracy law implemented in April, illegal file sharing is once again on the rise, reaching record high levels.
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Stockholm Pride asks: 'how hetero' is your Facebook?
Society: 26 Nov 09
Facebook users can now check to see "how hetero" the pictures they have posted on the popular social networking site are, thanks to a new web application launched this week.
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Spotify launches Symbian mobile app
Business & Money: 23 Nov 09
Swedish online music service Spotify announced on Monday that it has launched an application for mobile phones running the Symbian operating system.
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Swedes scramble to join new online movie service
Science & Technology: 11 Nov 09
A new service for watching movies over the internet for free has attracted more than a quarter of a million Swedes since its launch two weeks ago.
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Spotify and Telia sign two-year deal
Business & Money: 8 Oct 09
Telecoms operator TeliaSonera and Swedish music service Spotify have signed a two-year cooperation agreement that will enable Telia’s customers to use Spotify in computers, mobile phones and TVs in the Swedish market.
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Spotify ties make Pirate Bay judge biased: court
Science & Technology: 29 Sep 09
A Swedish court ruled on Tuesday that a lay judge set to hear the next phase of the Pirate Bay trial is unsuitable for the job because he works for the Spotify digital music service.
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Bias allegations mount in Pirate Bay case
Science & Technology: 24 Sep 09
Two of the three judges in the Pirate Bay case are biased, according to the defence counsel, Per E. Samuelsson, in a new submission to the appeals court.
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New bias suspicions in Pirate Bay legal battle
Science & Technology: 21 Sep 09
Rumours are circulating about another possible conflict of interest in the upcoming appeals court proceedings against the men behind Swedish file sharing site, The Pirate Bay.
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Spotify launches iPhone app
Business & Money: 7 Sep 09
Swedish music streaming service Spotify announced the launch of the Spotify App for iPhone and iPod touch at the Apple iTunes App Store on Monday.
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Apple approves Spotify for iPhones
Business & Money: 28 Aug 09
Apple has approved Swedish firm Spotify’s iPhone application, which will allow users to stream music to their handsets.
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'Spotify are the new pirates': Swedish artist
Business & Money: 13 Aug 09
Swedish musician Magnus Uggla has withdrawn his music from streaming music service Spotify saying that he'd rather be "raped by the Pirate Bay than shafted by Sony Music".
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'Spotify earns us more than iTunes': Sony BMG
Business & Money: 11 Aug 09
Swedish digital streaming music service Spotify is proving to be the saviour of the music industry after years of falling sales. Music company Sony BMG Sweden confirms that revenues from Spotify now outstrip iTunes.
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Music biz snapped up Spotify shares
Business & Money: 7 Aug 09
Several major record companies bought up almost one fifth of the shares in the rapidly expanding Swedish online music streaming service Spotify prior to the company's public launch, new documents reveal.
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Fresh capital to help fund Spotify's US expansion
Business & Money: 4 Aug 09
Sweden’s Spotify hopes to use a major new investment to help the company expand its online music service in the United States, according to new reports.
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Spotify aims for iPhone exposure
Business & Money: 27 Jul 09
The Swedish streaming music provider Spotify has applied for its software to be made available on Apple's iPhone.
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File sharing - Time to come out of the closet?
Analysis & Opinion: 6 Apr 09
File sharing, once the preserve of armchair anarchists, has slowly trickled down to the middle classes, writes Peter Vinthagen Simpson. And with a new law cracking down on the practice, even the dinner party set are getting their hands dirty.
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Spotify interview: The source of the stream
Lifestyle: 23 Feb 09
The Local’s Thanh Dinh catches up with Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, the Sweden-based music streaming service that is making friends with everyone from the armchair music fan to Bono.
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Licensing restrictions hit Swedish online music service
Society: 12 Feb 09
The Sweden-based online music service Spotify, welcomed by many as a giant leap forward in the distribution of music online, has raised intellectual property rights concerns from several record labels.
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Ten ways to save money in Sweden
Lifestyle: 2 Dec 08
From cheap dates with movie stars to the latest free music service, Thanh Dinh has some great tips for biting back at the credit crunch.
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Swedish firm joins battle for online music market
Science & Technology: 7 Oct 08
Innovative Swedish music-streaming site Spotify confirmed on Tuesday a series of major music licensing deals to coincide with the launch of its new international site.
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