“If the era of early distributed media for publishers was to spray-feed everything, everywhere, the moment we are in now is more about being smart about how we create better relationships with platforms that are meaningful from not only an audience-reach perspective but also in terms of how we want t…”— Cory Haik, digiday.com
“Netflix can afford it. It added about 19 million streaming subscribers in 2016 and 23.8 million 2017. If it keeps growing by 20 million subscribers a year on average, Mahaney estimates Netflix will add about $2.5 billion in new revenue a year to its top-line.”— Ashley Rodriguez, qz.com
“The Wall Street Journal has obtained industry figures suggesting that Apple Music is growing faster than Spotify in the US, adding 5 percent to its base every month versus 'just' 2 percent for Spotify. If that rate continues, Apple could surpass its rival in the country during the summer. There are…”— Jon Fingas, engadget.com
“Apple Music said in December that it had more than 20 million subscribers, most of whom pay $9.99 a month; Spotify counted more than 40 million paying subscribers in September.”— Ben Fritz, Hannah Karp, Tripp Mickle, wsj.com