{"id":365855,"date":"2021-11-12T05:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/spotify-boosting-audiobook-presence-with-findaway-acquisition\/"},"modified":"2021-11-12T05:44:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T02:44:00","slug":"spotify-boosting-audiobook-presence-with-findaway-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spotify-boosting-audiobook-presence-with-findaway-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"#: Spotify boosting audiobook presence with Findaway acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a257209e1bad\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> SA<br \/>\n        SPOT,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/207488629\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+2.57%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       said late Thursday it has agreed to acquire digital audiobook distributor Findaway for an undisclosed price. <\/p>\n<p> Spotify shares rose 0.6% after hours, following a 2.6% gain to close the regular session at $276.65.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       \u201cThe acquisition of Findaway will accelerate Spotify\u2019s presence in the audiobook space and will help us more quickly meet that ambition,\u201d said Gustav S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Spotify chief research and development officer, in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spotify said Findaway will maintain its headquarters in Solon, Ohio, and be led by founder Mitch Kroll, who will report to the head of audiobooks at Spotify, Nir Zicherman. <\/p>\n<p>Spotify expects the transaction to close in the fourth quarter.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Wallace Witkowski\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/topics\/journalists\/wallace-witkowski\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"twitter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wmwitkowski\",\"text\":\"@wmwitkowski\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/mailto:wwitkowski@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"wwitkowski@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wallace_Witkowski\"><\/span>Wallace Witkowski<span 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