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Vodafone and TPG announce merge, forming new AU$15 billion company

Australia’s telco market will be getting smaller after TPG and Vodafone announced a AU$15 billion merger Thursday morning. TPG is currently Australia’s third largest telco provider, while Vodafone Hutchinson Australia sits in fourth place. On Aug. 22, the two companies announced they were in “exploratory discussions” to merge, but neither company offered any comment on what a proposed merger would look like. …

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Spotify adds Showtime to $5

Spotify is bulking up its offerings for college students in the US. The music streaming service is adding a subscription to Showtime to its Spotify Premium for Students plan, which already includes ad-free music and Hulu (the limited-commercials version) for $4.99 per month, the company said Wednesday. (Editors’ note: Showtime is a part of CBS, which also owns CNET.) “Never before have …

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