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Rhapsody is an online music store subscription service, launched in December 2001, and available in the United States only.

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Spotify Launches in Germany, Now Available in 13 Countries

Music streaming service Spotify AB Tuesday said its service is now available in Germany, taking the total to 13 countries including the U.

K and the U.S.Anglo-Swedish Spotify, which has a free-of-charge, advertising-backed service in addition to a paid-for subscription service without ads, is one of the most popular music streaming clients. It has more than 10 million active--over 3 million of them paying subscribers--and Spotify has paid around EUR200 million to labels and publishers since the service was launched in 2008.The company was founded in Sweden by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon and is headquartered in the U.K. and has research and development facilities in Stockholm. Its rivals include Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iTunes, as well as U.S.-based streaming services such as Rhapsody and Pandora Media Inc. (P).One of Spotify's investors is the Founders Fund, where Sean Parker, co-creator of the file-sharing service Napster, is a managing partner. In August 2009, billionaire Li Ka-shing, c...

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