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Mar 2019
7m 42s

YouTube Music takes on Spotify in India

Financial Times
About this episode

YouTube Music, Google’s new music subscription service, has launched in India less than a month after Spotify entered the market. Jyotsna Singh discusses the appeal of this rapidly expanding music streaming audience with Stephanie Findlay and Snigdha Poonam.


Music clips: Guzarish from the film Ghajini featuring Aamir Khan (TSeries Publishing), and Bye Pewdiepie by Carryminati.


Contributors: Suzanne Blumsom, executive editor, Jyotsna Singh, Delhi reporter, Stephanie Findlay, South Asia correspondent, and Snigdha Poonam, writer. Producers: Jyotsna Singh and Fiona Symon


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