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Sean Parker: Apple Tried To Keep Spotify Out Of The U.S.
techcrunch.com 14 hours, 55 minutes agoAnswering a question for Spotify CEO Daniel Ek at AllThingsD’s D10 , Spotify director Sean Parker confirmed that “there was some indication” that Apple tried to keep Spotify out of the U.S. market. “There was some indication that was happening,” Parker said, “It’s a very small industry in a lot of ways, certainly smaller than it was 12 years ago,” he joked. “We’re in constant re-negotiating so you hear things. People send you emails,” he said not divulging any further detail, “Apple was threatened by what w
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Spotify Director Sean Parker: Apple Tried To Keep Spotify Out Of The United States
engadget.com 14 hours, 38 minutes agoDaniel Ek (co-founder of Spotify) and Sean Parker (Director at Spotify) just took the stage here at D10 , with Walt Mossberg asking the two about the company's impact in America, negotiations with record labels and -- perhaps surprisingly -- its links with Apple. Outside of confirming that there's still around 10 million Spotify users in the States (with around three million of those being of the paid variety), the duo also confirmed that it's working daily to improve the catalog. Said Ek: "We're up to 18 m
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