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April 13, 2012 03:53 pm GMT

Despite $889M In Revenue This Year, Theres No IPO In Spotifys Cards, Though Ek Wouldnt Say No To More Funding

daniel_ek_closeupSpotify's storming of the U.S. market last year has seen the company rack up a total of 10 million active users of its music streaming services. It projects revenues of $889 million this year, up 160 percent on 2011. But with that growth also comes growing losses which in 2011 doubled to the tune of around $60 million.Daniel Ek, CEO of the music streaming company, says in a candid interview with the Swedish financial paper Dagens Industri (translation here) that the question of when Spotify will show a profit is currently irrelevant. "Our focus is entirely on growth," he told told the publication. "That is priority one, two, three, four and five."

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