article_snippet: In January, shares in Aspiro, which runs music streaming service WiMP, leaped 59 per cent in early trading to the bid level of 1.05 crowns per share. '
article_snippet: I think they will be a better owner to lift Aspiro and Aspiro advanced music streaming service to a new level,' said Trond Berger, the financial director of Norwegian media group Shibsted, currently Aspiro's majority owner.
article_snippet: At the end of the third quarter of 2014, Wimp said Aspiro had 512,000 paying users in Germany, Poland and the Nordic countries.
article_snippet: That is a far cry from Aspiro Nordic rival Spotify, a pioneer in the streaming music business.
article_snippet: Nordic boasted 15 million paying subscribers in mid-January and is available in 58 countries.
article_snippet: Norwegian media house Schibsted, Aspiro's main .
article_snippet: Schibsted owns around 75 percent of Streaming Media AS, . which in turn owns about 76 percent of Aspiro.