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Recently viewed. The Playlist: With Christian Hillborg, Edvin Endre, Ella Rappich, Severija Janusauskaite. How Swedish tech entrepreneur Daniel Ek and business partner Martin Lorentzon revolutionized the music industry through free and legal music streaming when they launched Spotify.
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- 2022-10-13
- Biography, Drama, Music
- 2 min
Pop · Playlist · 647 songs · 225 likes.
Oct 13, 2022 · Sound performances and smart structure shape the ‘fictionalised’ series about the music streaming service. Christian Hillborg plays Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon in ‘The...
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Daniel Ek was working as a coder for a website called Tradera. But Daniel was not satisfied. He wanted to do something big in life. He wanted to leave his mark on the sands of time. He had applied for a job at Google as he wanted to work with the big guns, and he believed that he would get through. But to his disappointment, Google rejected him, as...
Petra Hansson, who was working at a renowned Swedish law firm (Mannheimer Swartling), left her job and became the head of legal at Spotify. He was approached by Martin Lorentzon, who had promised to give her complete autonomy. Petra came on board because Spotify needed an expert negotiator. They were still struggling with the record labels because ...
“The Playlist” is based on a nonfiction novel called “Spotify Untold,” written by Leijonhufvud and Sven Carlsson. Though the novel focuses more on the difficulties Daniel had in taking his business to the United States and the rivalry he had with Apple, the series focuses more on the origin story of Spotify and the philosophy behind it. The series ...
Before her promotion, she meets Martin Lorentzon, primary investor of Spotify after the former declines appointment with him. Martin tries to recruit her as the head of music acquisition, inviting her to Spotify office, but Petra declines regardless.
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