Streaming music market picks up tempo ahead of Spotify IPO


  • TECH
  • Friday, 22 Dec 2017

As Spotify plans a stock market listing, its own valuation among private investors has grown around 20% to at least US$19bil (RM77.4bil) in the past few months.

LONDON: Subscription music leader Spotify is set to capitalise next year on the rude health of the industry with a stock market flotation, even as competitors race to find fresh ways to outflank it by catering to often fickle consumer tastes. 

As Spotify plans a stock market listing, its own valuation among private investors has grown around 20% to at least US$19bil (RM77.4bil) in the past few months, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters last week.

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