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Apple and Google are certainly not small fish... They're two of the highlighted companies, aren't they?
by josh2600 14y ago
Apple and Google are certainly not small fish... They're two of the highlighted companies, aren't they?
- hkmurakami 14y agoApologies if I wasn't clear. I had meant the music providers "other than" Apple/Google/Amazon. (I believe Apple/Google/Amazon only provide discrete music downloads, rather than streaming services. Apologies if I had misconceptions about their service offerings)
- monkeyspaw 14y agoSpotify has a $3 billion valuation as of last November. Pandora's value seems more in flux, but is probably somewhere in the 1-2 billion range. That doesn't seem to me like they're small fish compared to twitter. given how much valuations fluctuate (Pandora was at $4 billion as recently as 2011), I think they're all in the same bin. After all, Twitter's valuation is based on a less certain business model than the other providers, who have successfully implemented ads and premium accounts, and have paying customers.
- hkmurakami 14y agoWow I had no idea Spotify's valuation was that big. I stand corrected. (Pandora is an interesting case, since they've publicly said that they're not going to be profitable for another 5 years...)
- josh2600 14y agoLike I said, partnerships are on a more even footing than people that just consume the API. Soundcloud is pretty big too.