Spotify Slashes Subscription Costs as MOG Prepares to Launch Outside U.S.

Spotify, purveyors of music streaming to discerning Europeans, has just slashed its subscription prices by 50%. It's introducing a couple of new tariffs: Spotify Unlimited, at half the cost of Spotify Premium, giving users ad-free music from their desktops, and Spotify Open, a free, ad-supported service. So, is the Swedish company gearing up for its Q3 launch in the U.S., or has it realized that a big shark (goes by the name of iTunes, currently digesting a fish called Lala) is circling the...