{"id":184187,"date":"2019-12-13T00:30:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T16:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1813521\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T00:30:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T16:30:37","slug":"netflix-to-dramatize-spotify-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/13\/netflix-to-dramatize-spotify-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix to Dramatize Spotify Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SpotifyLogo121219-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"figcaption\">Netflix is creating a new scripted series inspired by Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud&#8217;s book, &#8216;Spotify Untold.&#8217; (Photo Credit: See What&#8217;s Next \/ Twitter) <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Netflix is <a href=\"https:\/\/media.netflix.com\/en\/press-releases\/the-story-of-swedish-music-sensation-spotify-becomes-netflix-original-series\"  rel=\"noopener\">taking the helm<\/a>\u00a0of a limited series about how Spotify went from Swedish startup to global sensation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The untitled program is inspired by nonfiction book <em>Spotify Untold<\/em> (<em>Spotify Inifr\u00e5n<\/em>), a behind-the-scenes exopos\u00e9 of how founder Daniel Ek and financial partner Martin Lorentzon bet everything on an idea.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our book about Spotify&#8217;s rise to fame has been picked up by Netflix! Happy and hopeful. Shout out to Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon for starting the company! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/spotifyinifr%C3%A5n?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#spotifyinifr\u00e5n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Spotifyuntold?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Spotifyuntold<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zuTggycy7t\">https:\/\/t.co\/zuTggycy7t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonas Leijonhufvud (@JonasLeijon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonasLeijon\/status\/1204752741979082752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A &#8220;modern-day David-versus-Goliath&#8221; story, the series will be produced by Yellow Bird UK [Spotify&#8217;s rise to power dramatized in TV mini-series]. Founded in 2003, the firm&#8217;s resume includes <em>The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo<\/em>, <em>The Millennium Trilogy<\/em>, and upcoming Netflix original <em>Young Wallander<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And, soon, <em>Spotify Untold<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The story of how a small band of Swedish tech industry insiders transformed music\u2014how we listen to it and how it&#8217;s made\u2014is truly a tale for our time,&#8221; according to Yellow Bird executive producer Berna Levin.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Not only is this a story about the way all our lives have changed in the last decade,&#8221; she said in a statement. &#8220;It&#8217;s about the battle for cultural and financial influence in a globalized, digitized world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Central to the series is Spotify&#8217;s turbulent journey into the U.S. market, described as a &#8220;chess match between the new kids and the old guard&#8221;: Steve Jobs, Jimmy Iovine, and Beats Music against Ek, Lorentzon, and Sean Parker (of Napster fame).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Think bilingual <em>The Social Network<\/em>, but with more music and on the small screen.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It is an ongoing fairytale in modern history about how Swedish wiz kids changed the music industry forever,&#8221; director Per-Olav S\u00f8rensen explained, calling the story &#8220;truly exciting and challenging.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Challenging,&#8221; he said, &#8220;because the Spotify story has not ended yet\u2014it is still running with high speed and will probably change while we work on the project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The industry-shaking launch of Spotify will be the centerpiece of a new scripted series that&#8217;s inspired by Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud&#8217;s book, Spotify Untold <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zl5j9rFP4a\">pic.twitter.com\/Zl5j9rFP4a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 See What&#8217;s Next (@seewhatsnext) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seewhatsnext\/status\/1204830865395601408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The series, expected to feature major players in the music and tech industries, will likely need to cast yet another version of real-life characters Steve Jobs (previously portrayed by Ashton Kutcher and Michael Fassbender), Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg), and Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake).<\/p>\n<p>And, if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotifyuntold.com\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">book&#8217;s website<\/a>\u00a0is anything to go by, you can also expect fictionalized forms of Ek, Lorentzon, artist Jay-Z (whose TIDAL subscription-based platform competes with Spotify), Tencent CEO &#8220;Pony&#8221; Ma Huateng, and record producer Iovine.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The founding tale of Spotify is a great example of how a local story can have a global impact,&#8221; Tesha Crawford, director of Netflix international originals for Northern Europe, said. &#8220;We are really excited about bringing this success story to life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>More on Geek.com:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/new-spotify-playlists-turn-the-nostalgia-up-to-11-1805192\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">New Spotify Playlists Turn the Nostalgia Up to 11<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/spotify-simplifies-podcast-music-navigation-for-subscribers-1792021\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Spotify Simplifies Podcast, Music Navigation for Subscribers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/culture\/spotify-lands-deal-with-barack-and-michelle-obama-to-produce-exclusive-podcasts-1790740\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Spotify Lands Deal With Obamas to Produce Exclusive Podcasts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SpotifyLogo121219-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/p>\n<div>Netflix is creating a new scripted series inspired by Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud&#8217;s book, &#8216;Spotify Untold.&#8217; (Photo Credit: See What&#8217;s Next \/ Twitter) <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Netflix is taking the helm&nbsp;of a limited series about how Spotify went from Swedish startup to global sensation. The untitled program is inspired by nonfiction book Spotify Untold (Spotify Inifr&aring;n), a behind-the-scenes exopos&eacute; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/netflix-to-dramatize-spotify-success-story-1813521\/\">Netflix to Dramatize Spotify Success Story<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/\">Geek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/13\/netflix-to-dramatize-spotify-success-story\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6769,2,7424,2883,2955,2047,7425,2884,2302,2077,6772,7],"tags":[364,398,402,397,414,413,410,409,407,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,372,396,403,412,374,411,395,371,405,404,366],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-LUL","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184188,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184187\/revisions\/184188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}