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Next For Spotify: Launch In Japan, IPO

A few small but very public moves appear to be telegraphing Spotify's next major business moves. Two job postings – one for a public relations professional in Japan and the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/08/next-for-spotify-launch-in-japan-ipo-this-year.html]

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A few small but very public moves appear to be telegraphing Spotify's next major business moves. Two job postings – one for a public relations professional in Japan and the other a re-advertised job posting for a stock regulatory filings expert – point to an expansion into Japan, the world's second largest music market, and the long rumored IPO.

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A regulatory filings expert is required to be compliant with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act  which sets standards for U.S. publicly traded companies, according to Reuters who first broke the story.

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