{"id":12929,"date":"2020-11-24T09:04:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T09:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/24\/spotify-strategic-acquisition-memo\/"},"modified":"2020-11-24T09:04:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T09:04:57","slug":"spotify-strategic-acquisition-memo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineclassesguru.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/24\/spotify-strategic-acquisition-memo\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Strategic Acquisition Memo"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Spotify, the Swedish streaming music giant, is exploring strategic acquisitions. The companys stock is up over 60% this year and the company is now valued at roughly $50 billion.<\/p>\n<p>You are a consultant hired to help Spotify to evaluate possible companies to buy. Youve narrowed your research down to two companies:<\/p>\n<p>Company A is a technology company that uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to create highly accurate indexable and searchable text transcripts of audio and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/homeworkhandlers.com\/video\/\">video<\/a>\u00a0content. Currently this company sells its services to large multinational\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/homeworkhandlers.com\/media\/\">media<\/a>\u00a0companies. This company has no\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/homeworkhandlers.com\/other\/\">other<\/a>\u00a0businesses or revenue streams.<\/p>\n<p>Company B is one of the world\u2019s first programmatic audio advertising exchanges. Its technology allows advertisers to buy media in audio content programmatically in real time while the user is listening. This company has no other businesses or revenue streams.<\/p>\n<p>Spotifys CFO has asked you to do a quick business model analysis for one of Spotifys board members. 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