Spotify, spooked by Beats Music, hopes that free streaming will help it keep its edge
<p>To combat the launch of Beats Music, Spotify is turning to what is probably its greatest feature: Users don’t have to pay for it. On Wednesday the company announced that it’s giving non-U.S. Spotify users_unlimited free streaming on the … </p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&blog=342986&post=883923&subd=venturebeat&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.venturebeat.com/c/34021/f/665469/s/35fe4302/sc/5/__.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><div class='__-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fventurebeat.com%2F2014%2F01%2F16%2Fspotify-spooked-by-beats-music-hopes-that-free-streaming-will-help-it-keep-its-edge%2F&t=Spotify%2C+spooked+by+Beats+Music%2C+hopes+that+free+streaming+will+help+it+keep+its+edge" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fventurebeat.com%2F2014%2F01%2F16%2Fspotify-spooked-by-beats-music-hopes-that-free-streaming-will-help-it-keep-its-edge%2F&t=Spotify%2C+spooked+by+Beats+Music%2C+hopes+that+free+streaming+will+help+it+keep+its+edge" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fventurebeat.com%2F2014%2F01%2F16%2Fspotify-spooked-by-beats-music-hopes-that-free-streaming-will-help-it-keep-its-edge%2F&t=Spotify%2C+spooked+by+Beats+Music%2C+hopes+that+free+streaming+will+help+it+keep+its+edge" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fventurebeat.com%2F2014%2F01%2F16%2Fspotify-spooked-by-beats-music-hopes-that-free-streaming-will-help-it-keep-its-edge%2F&t=Spotify%2C+spooked+by+Beats+Music%2C+hopes+that+free+streaming+will+help+it+keep+its+edge" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fventurebeat.com%2F2014%2F01%2F16%2Fspotify-spooked-by-beats-music-hopes-that-free-streaming-will-help-it-keep-its-edge%2F&t=Spotify%2C+spooked+by+Beats+Music%2C+hopes+that+free+streaming+will+help+it+keep+its+edge" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/186529024634/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/35fe4302/sc/5/rc/1/rc.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/186529024634/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/35fe4302/sc/5/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/186529024634/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/35fe4302/sc/5/rc/2/rc.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/186529024634/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/35fe4302/sc/5/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/186529024634/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/35fe4302/sc/5/rc/3/rc.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/186529024634/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/35fe4302/sc/5/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/186529024634/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/35fe4302/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/186529024634/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/35fe4302/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/186529024634/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/35fe4302/a2t.img" border="0"/>
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