Spotify is following a playbook similar to that of its podcast business. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter, were not disclosed. "This is the first big move.what we want to achieve is for Spotify consumers to be able to buy any audio book on Spotify and listen to it," Chief Research & Development Officer Gustav Söderström said in an interview. It also owns Voices, which helps authors to self publish. STOCKHOLM, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Spotify (SPOT.N) on Thursday made a major push to have more audiobooks on its platform by buying U.S.-based audio tech company Findaway as it tries to recreate its success with podcasts.įindaway, which has partnerships with audiobook publishers such as Amazon's Audible, Apple iBooks, Google and Storytel, offers a global audio book catalog.
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