{"id":7372,"date":"2014-06-10T11:09:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T11:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=7372"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:24:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:24:03","slug":"rumour-spotify-in-talks-with-vodacom-group-for-south-african-music-streaming-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/rumour-spotify-in-talks-with-vodacom-group-for-south-african-music-streaming-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumour: Spotify in Talks with Vodacom Group for South African Music Streaming Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has also been reported that <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-get-my-music-on-spotify-for-free\/\" title=\"How to Get My Music on Spotify for FREE\">Spotify<\/a> is in talks with telco Vodacom Group about some kind of partnership in South Africa. Vodacom has 31.5m customers in South Africa, so would be a high-profile way of launching in the country, where <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-get-my-music-added-to-deezer\/\" title=\"How To Get My Music Added To Deezer\">Deezer<\/a> is already available along with Africa-focused Spinlet, and Universal Music Group\u2019s app The Kleek.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/spotify-launch-in-philippines-telco-700x376.jpg\" alt=\"spotify launch in philippines telco\" width=\"700\" height=\"376\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-7269 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/spotify-launch-in-philippines-telco-700x376.jpg 700w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/spotify-launch-in-philippines-telco-577x310.jpg 577w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/spotify-launch-in-philippines-telco.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has also been reported that Spotify is in talks with telco Vodacom Group about some kind of partnership in South Africa. 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