http://www.spotify.com/blog/ 1 spotify.com 1 2008-11-20T00:44:52Z false Spotify is a Swedish startup offering a lightweight software application enabling on demand streaming of music. The startup has been able to get the backing for from many major record labels for its business model. Spotify has signed licensing deals at least with Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, EMI Music, Warner Music Group, Merlin, The Orchard and Bonnier Amigo. Martin Varsavsky used a fitting analogies for the service: "[...] Spotify is like iTunes but with on-demand. It’s like Joost, but for music! It´s like Pandora without the need to vote and with your ability to listen to music anytime you want. It´s like Last FM without the community." Spotify was founded by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon 3 45 2006-04-01 false 16 Based in Europe with parent company in Luxemburg and headquarters in the UK and R&D in Stockholm image/png Picture_4.png 13913 2008-11-20T02:44:52Z Spotify +352 26 445 224 spotify 2009-02-07T09:48:30Z 7 http://www.spotify.com