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Andy Meek
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2019 was a year that saw the streaming music wars heat up in a major way -- a competition that, of course, is essentially between Apple Music and Spotify, with Apple's streaming music service surpassing Spotify this year in terms of its paid US subscriber base. Spotify, meanwhile, produced a huge wave of additional publicity for itself in recent weeks with its release of the interactive feature "Spotify Wrapped" showing what your top songs and artists of the year were, showing how easily it can generate buzz and attention.
The Swedish-based streaming giant is also already looking well beyond music, with its executives publicly signaling that podcasts are its next big growth category (No surprise, Apple is likewise heading in that same exclusive podcasts direction). Meantime, Apple is making a final concerted push to rack up as many more subscribers as possible as the year draws to a close -- and, in fact, it's offering a fantastic deal on Apple Music right now that you've got until the end of this month to take advantage of.
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Here’s your chance to get Apple Music free for six months originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 21 Dec 2019 at 10:33:53 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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