Comments on: Napster Proves That Streaming Music Can Be Profitable https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/08/21/realnetworks-napster-profitable/ The authority for music industry professionals. Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:31:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Murrow https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/08/21/realnetworks-napster-profitable/#comment-311380 Wed, 22 Aug 2018 20:46:18 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?p=111304#comment-311380 Someone should give me a couple hundred million dollars to burn through and I’ll make a profitable digital music company too. And it won’t take me 17 years and hiring and firing 500 people either.

]]> By: Someone Who Understands https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/08/21/realnetworks-napster-profitable/#comment-311266 Wed, 22 Aug 2018 04:54:42 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?p=111304#comment-311266 “Check your facts yo

They are profitable not because of streaming but because they sell corporate partners a B2B white-label service.”

^^^^^^^^^^
this

Also, what does this: “Third, Napster remains a partial subsidiary of RealNetworks. So, it doesn’t have to depend directly on outside investments to continue operating, unlike Spotify.”

have to do with Napster’s “profitability”???? What does a) being partly owned by Real Networks, vs. b) being a public company with institutional investors have to do with the core business model and it’s profitability? Are you saying that Spotify has to service debt that Napster doesn’t?

Be clear and be specific.

]]> By: Check your facts yo https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/08/21/realnetworks-napster-profitable/#comment-311201 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 20:56:50 +0000 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/?p=111304#comment-311201 They are profitable not because of streaming but because they sell corporate partners a B2B white-label service.

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