4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 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-square225fedilinkarrow-up1626arrow-down167cross-posted to: business@lemmy.world
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minus-squareNaoPblinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·1 year agoYeah it’s all the fault of the rightsholders. Definitely not bad management. Not that I’m a fan of rightsholders but this is more like shifting the blame.
minus-squarewhere_am_i@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago400m subs x 100$ a year on avg = 40 billions in revenue. Even if only 25% e.g. 10 bil is retained by Spotify it’s a lot of money to maintain infra and pay stuff.
Yeah it’s all the fault of the rightsholders. Definitely not bad management.
Not that I’m a fan of rightsholders but this is more like shifting the blame.
400m subs x 100$ a year on avg = 40 billions in revenue. Even if only 25% e.g. 10 bil is retained by Spotify it’s a lot of money to maintain infra and pay stuff.