Authorities to decide on Apple's Shazam acquisition on April 23

Back in December Apple struck a deal to acquire music recognizing service Shazam for $400m but the deal was put on hold by the European Commission, pending an investigation. The concern is that Apple will acquire a lot of user data with Shazam, much of it outside of its ecosystem - UK-based Shazam is a global service. Apple has filled a formal request with the EU Commission on Wednesday for the approval of the deal and a deadline of April 23 has been set. The Commission will either approve the deal or commence an additional investigation that could be up to 4 months...



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