Spotify’s founding story is going to be a Netflix series

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Spotify's founding story is going to be a Netflix series

Facebook's founding got the movie treatment with Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network." The story of how Snapchat came to be will be a flagship series on the upcoming streaming service, Quibi. Today, Spotify is the latest startup to get its story told on screen - this time, as a new Netflix show.

Netflix says it's developing a scripted series inspired by the book "Spotify Untold" by business reports at Swedish Dagens Industri, Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud. The story will focus on Spotify's founding and how it changed the way people listen to music over the past decade.

"The founding tale of Spotify is a great example of how a local story can have a global impact," said Tesha Crawford, Director of International Originals Northern Europe at Netflix. "We are really excited about bringing this success story to life and we look forward to continuing our great collaboration with director Per-Olav Sørensen and the team at Yellow Bird UK."

Banijay Group company, Yellow Bird UK, is also the production company behind the upcoming Netflix crime series "Young Wallander." Yellow Bird UK will produce this new and yet-to-be-titled Spotify show and Per-Olav Sørensen will direct. Berna Levin ("Young Wallander," "Hidden," and "The Girl in the Spider's Web") will serve as executive producer.

The series itself will center around Swedish tech entrepreneur, Daniel Ek, and his partner Martin Lorentzon, who created the free and legal music service at a time when music piracy was at its height. Netflix describes the show as one about "how hard convictions, unrelenting will, access, and big dreams can help small players challenge the status quo."

Netflix says the series will be available in both Engli



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