Apple completes deal to buy Shazam

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FILE PHOTO: Illustration photo of the Shazam application on a mobile phone
FILE PHOTO: Illustration photo of the Shazam application on a mobile phone December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo

September 24, 2018

(Reuters) – Apple Inc has completed the acquisition of music discovery app Shazam, it said on Monday, weeks after the European Union approved the deal.

The deal, announced in December last year, is expected to help the iPhone maker better compete with Spotify, the industry leader in music streaming services.

(Reporting by Sonam Rai in Bengaluru; Editing by Sai Sachin Ravikumar)

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