@4realz to BusinessEnglish • 1 year agoSpotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.open.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square12arrow-up126arrow-down17cross-posted to: technology
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkSpotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.open.substack.com@4realz to BusinessEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square12cross-posted to: technology
minus-squareamzdlinkfedilink4•1 year agoThe shareholders are the labels that are getting paid, like Sony. They really can’t lose with Spotify; if Spotify makes more money than they pay in fees the labels win and if Spotify pays out all their revenue to the labels, they are still winning.
Won’t somebody think of the shareholders!
The shareholders are the labels that are getting paid, like Sony. They really can’t lose with Spotify; if Spotify makes more money than they pay in fees the labels win and if Spotify pays out all their revenue to the labels, they are still winning.