{"id":107528,"date":"2018-02-28T21:42:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.aws.dancingastronaut.com\/?p=329906"},"modified":"2018-02-28T21:42:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:42:27","slug":"spotify-officially-files-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/?p=107528","title":{"rendered":"Spotify officially files IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<img src=\"http:\/\/uploads.dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/07\/spotify-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"spotify-streaming\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/uploads.dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/07\/spotify-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/uploads.dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/07\/spotify-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/uploads.dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/07\/spotify-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/uploads.dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/07\/spotify-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/uploads.dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/07\/spotify-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/uploads.dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/07\/spotify-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p>The global leader in music streaming services has announced its plan to go public today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/spotify\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0has filed\u00a0for a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol \u201cSPOT.\u201d According to the company\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1639920\/000119312518063434\/d494294df1.htm\" >filing with the SEC<\/a>, Spotify shares recently traded for as high as $132.50 on private markets with a total valuation at $23 billion, according to <em>CNBC<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We set out to reimagine the music industry and to provide a better way for both artists and consumers to benefit from the digital transformation of the music industry,&#8221; the company said in its filing. &#8220;Spotify was founded on the belief that music is universal and that streaming is a more robust and seamless access model that benefits both artists and music fans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>H\/T: <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/spotify-goes-public\/?mbid=social_twitter\" >Pitchfork<\/a>\u00a0| Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/02\/28\/spotify-files-for-ipo.html\" >CNBC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-02-28\/spotify-files-prospectus-for-public-offering-on-nyse\" >Bloomberg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DancingAstronaut\/~4\/G63J3dax_oA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/uploads.dancingastronaut.com\/2017\/07\/spotify-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"spotify-streaming\">The streaming giant Spotify is reportedly valued at $23 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107528"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107529,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107528\/revisions\/107529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthquakemix.com\/boom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}