Re:Apple Confirms Its $3 Billion Deal for Beats Electronics
by 001sky on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @06:31PM
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Pandora and spotify are structurally unprofitable because of their licensing problems/payments. Apple is %500Bn company-- big enough to become a label--has the marketing expertise (iTunes) and Capital ($X0Bns cash) to be a next-generation 'label'. Or maybe I'm missing something?
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Re:Apple Confirms Its $3 Billion Deal for Beats Electronics
by dublinben on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @07:15PM
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If Apple (or Google) had wanted to buy out the record labels and their catalogs, they could have done so years ago. They obviously didn't, probably because it's a dying industry that isn't nearly as profitable as their current products.
The very idea of a 'record label' is a relic of the 20th Century, when all recorded music was distributed on heavy physical artifacts.
Re:Apple Confirms Its $3 Billion Deal for Beats Electronics
by 001sky on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @10:34PM
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Not sure I follow. Who said anything about buying out the record labels? Apple can just <become> a label-replacement. There is still a need for a distribution/production/promotion service layer in music biz.