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Spotify Swings To Profit, Paying Subscribers Rise

Despite its success in the online music market, the company has never posted a full-year net profit and only occasionally quarterly profits (Credit: AFP)

Music and podcast streaming giant Spotify reported Tuesday an increase in the number of paying subscribers and a rare but lower-than-expected operating profit for the first quarter.

The company posted a "new quarterly high" operating profit of 168 million euros ($179 million) -- a turnaround from a loss of 156 million euros over the same period last year.

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