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# Next For Spotify: Launch In Japan, IPO
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/next-for-spotify-launch-in-japan-ipo-this-year/
- Published: 2014-08-13T10:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-08-13T10:30:00.000Z
- Description: 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]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Tech, Startups & Funding, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

[![Spotify logo](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a73e010e68970d-100wi "Spotify logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a73e010e68970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

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](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/08/spotify-ipo-vacancies-idUSL6N0QE3P220140808?%5Fga=1.171536736.195906300.1407927739&ref=hypebot.com) who first broke the story.

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