Spotify deals for an interest in going public, Spotify announced that artists will be able to make albums temporarily exclusive to the Premium service if they are part of Universal Music Group or Merlin Network. On 28 February 2018, Spotify filed for a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Spotify's shares began trading on 3 April 2018. Spotify operates under a freemium business model (basic services are free, while additional features are offered via paid subscriptions). Spotify generates revenues by selling premium streaming subscriptions to users and advertising placements to third parties. In December 2013, the company launched a
ESC Corporate Services quality. ESC Corporate Services was founded as Dye & Durham which itself was established in Toronto in 1874. It formally adopted the name Dye & Durham in 1911. Dye & Durham was an organization that originally sold legal forms, primarily in Ontario, and soon progressed to offer a complete line of office products and, most recently, as a search, registration and corporate supplies division of Teranet. As a result of acquisition from Dye & Durham and Teranet, ESC Corporate Services was established in January 2010 and started providing government services to the public as a licensed service provider under contract