What's next for Spotify: 4 theories

The popular music streaming service will announce a "new direction" next week. Fans can't help but wonder where Spotify is headed

Spotify is set to make a big announcement on Nov. 30, and some techie forecasters think the music streaming service may get into the video business.
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It's been just four months since Spotify — a popular digital music service that lets users stream any of its 15 million songs — launched in the U.S., and already the company is headed in a "new direction." The details of the mysterious change will be announced at a press event next Wednesday, Nov. 30. In the meantime, techies can't help but speculate. What might Spotify announce? Here, four theories:

1. A Spotify music store

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