28-09-2016 23:12 via theverge.com

Spotify is reportedly in talks to acquire SoundCloud

Spotify is reportedly in advanced talks to purchase SoundCloud, according to a report from the Financial Times. The move would give Spotify a larger library of content  — SoundCloud has over 125 million songs — and remove a competitor from the streaming music landscape after SoundCloud launched its own paid service earlier this year. But outside of that the benefits of the acquisition seem limited for Spotify.
For SoundCloud, the deal makes much more sense. The Be
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