{"id":6638,"date":"2013-03-15T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=6638"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:25:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:25:41","slug":"spotify-negotiating-new-contracts-with-major-labels-and-free-mobile-option-is-featuring-heavily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotify-negotiating-new-contracts-with-major-labels-and-free-mobile-option-is-featuring-heavily\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Negotiating New Contracts with Major Labels and Free Mobile Option is Featuring Heavily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a great report over at TheVerge that talks about <a href=\"http:\/\/spotify.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> and their current negotiations with the major labels. Spotify has seen great adoption of their premium product and they feel that this is because of the free model and then converting users over (mainly through mobile usage). <\/p>\n<p>Its a great article.. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/3\/14\/4104074\/heres-how-spotify-wants-to-upgrade-free-users-mobile-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/spotify-mobile-version-music-streaming.jpg\" alt=\"spotify mobile version music streaming\" width=\"519\" height=\"345\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6639 lazyload\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a great report over at TheVerge that talks about Spotify and their current negotiations with the major labels. 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