Janus Friis News
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Rdio Inc., the music-streaming service started by Skype co-founder Janus Friis, is expanding into film and TV shows, offering recent hits including “Life of Pi” and “Downton Abbey” for sale or rental.
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Spotify Ltd., getting a jump on Internet radio leader Pandora Media Inc., is close to agreements with record labels to offer free online mobile radio outside the U.S., said three people with knowledge of the talks.
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Rdio Inc., a music streaming service started by billionaire Skype co-founder Janus Friis, is offering recording artists $10 for each new subscriber they attract.
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FreedomPop Inc., backed by Skype co- founder Niklas Zennstrom, is starting a free wireless Internet service for the home that will compete with Web connections from telephone and cable companies.
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Rdio Inc., an online music service started by Skype co-founder Janus Friis, is expanding to Brazil with that country’s largest telecommunications company.
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Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of Skype Technologies SA, is backing a startup called FreedomPop that plans to offer free basic wireless service for laptops and smartphones, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Skype and Kazaa founder Niklas Zennstrom became famous building free Web services with scores of users and little revenue. As an investor, he shuns such ventures to buy stakes in startups with clearer business plans.
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Skype SA, which provides software that lets more than a half billion users make telephone and video calls over the Internet, filed to sell $100 million of shares in a U.S. initial public offering.
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Skype Technologies SA’s owners refused to entertain offers of less than $7 billion, the value they expected the startup to get from a planned initial public offering, before agreeing to a buyout from Microsoft Corp., according to people with knowledge of the talks.
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Skype Technologies SA founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis opened an online service that sells monthly music subscriptions, taking a second stab at the broadening market for digital songs.
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