Naver and Spotify in discussions to form a partnership, collaborate on audio services - Korean media

There is a possibility that IT giant Naver will collaborate with Swedish online music streaming service Spotify on a music streaming service.
Lee Je-hoo, head of Naver's Naver App Division, and Gautam Talwar of Spotify
The Asia Pacific General Managers recently discussed mutual cooperation. Through the partnership with Spotify, Naver will offer a variety of services and
The plan is to link Spotify's content, including approximately 100 million songs and 7 million podcasts, to make it easier for users to enjoy audio content.
Details will be released in due course. Prior to this, Naver announced on December 31st that it would be terminating its music streaming platform, Audio Club.
Audio Club, which launched its service in 2016, is a platform that brings together various audio content, including podcasts and audiobooks, in one place, and is the leading audio service in Korea.
However, it was difficult for the service to survive in the rapidly changing content consumption environment centered around short videos, and the service was discontinued about nine years after its launch.