Masimatutu@lemm.ee to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoEvolution of recorded-music revenue over the last 50 yearsfiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1408arrow-down1imageEvolution of recorded-music revenue over the last 50 yearsfiles.mastodon.socialMasimatutu@lemm.ee to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square59linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareecho64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agothis is a really helpful place to talk about how profits != revenue. So after spotify pays itself all the money it might want to take from subscriptions and ad revenue, you are left with the “profits” which now get split 30% in favour of spotify.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoTrue, it’s all creative accounting to obfuscate what’s actually going on
this is a really helpful place to talk about how profits != revenue.
So after spotify pays itself all the money it might want to take from subscriptions and ad revenue, you are left with the “profits” which now get split 30% in favour of spotify.
True, it’s all creative accounting to obfuscate what’s actually going on