‘Best case’ of Apple’s Shazam acquisition would add 7.5M Apple Music subscribers, says early investor<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>There have been conflicting theories about why Apple spent <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/11/apple-buying-shazam/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a rumored $400M[/url] on acquiring <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/shazam/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shazam[/url]. Some suggested it was nothing more than protecting Siri’s Shazam-powered music recognition. Others wondered whether it was to expose Shazam’s customer base to <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/apple-music/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple Music[/url]. Yet others theorized it was <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/13/comment-did-apple-buy-shazam-for-the-data-and-what-now/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for the data[/url].</p>
<p>Now one early investor in Shazam has suggested that the combination of the latter two elements could significantly boost Apple Music subscriptions …</p>
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‘Best case’ of Apple’s Shazam acquisition would add 7.5M Apple Music subscribers, says early investor
