By Bennett Bennett

Apple has reportedly been close to acquiring the music recognition service, Shazam with a formal announcement coming as early as Monday.

According to an anoymous source to TechCrunch, the deal is reportedly worth around $400m, far less than the valuation of more than $1bn Shazam announced after its most recent round of funding in 2015.

Shazam had already maintained a long-standing relationship with Apple—in 2008, it was one of the first apps to be featured on Apple’s App Store. Shazam allowed users to click through to iTunes to purchase, and it’s features had also been integrated with Read full story ›

Source: The Drum