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The hottest music venue in Europe opened its doors on Thursday morning to a select group in the United States.
Spotify, which makes Internet music-streaming software, launched the much-hyped U.S. version of its service after delays and years of negotiation.
At first, Spotify will only accept new members to its free service who receive invitations from the company, one of its sponsors or a current user.
"This is the biggest market in the world," Kenneth Parks, Spotify's content chief, said in an interview late Wednesday. "We haven't done a launch this large."
Google+, the new social network, also launched recently using an invite-only scheme. Spotify plans to welcome everyone for free after "several weeks," Parks said.
Read more:http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/13/spotify.us/index.html
Spotify: http://www.spotify.com/us/hello-america/
Spotify, which makes Internet music-streaming software, launched the much-hyped U.S. version of its service after delays and years of negotiation.
At first, Spotify will only accept new members to its free service who receive invitations from the company, one of its sponsors or a current user.
"This is the biggest market in the world," Kenneth Parks, Spotify's content chief, said in an interview late Wednesday. "We haven't done a launch this large."
Google+, the new social network, also launched recently using an invite-only scheme. Spotify plans to welcome everyone for free after "several weeks," Parks said.
Read more:http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/13/spotify.us/index.html
Spotify: http://www.spotify.com/us/hello-america/
