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Re: Yahoo Music: Trading bad for worse

mathewi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:04:02 -0000

Hey Steve -- you have every right to like streaming music. I don't.
And I would argue that the numbers of people who have signed up for
either Yahoo Music or Rhapsody or any of the other streaming networks
proves that. 1.5 million people may be a nice little business -- and
no doubt would be for any startup -- but a) most of that goes towards
licensing fees, and b) realistically speaking 1.5 million for a
company like Yahoo or even Real for that matter is chicken feed.

Re: Yahoo Music: Trading bad for worse

Steve Guttman — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:49:28 -0000

Hold on a sec. First of all, some of us really like streaming music--particularly when it integrates really well with your home audio system, like Sonos does. I have a napster subscription which works with my Sonos at home and my PC at work. It's great.

Secondly. 1.5 M people paying $13/mon is $234 M/yr. How many web businesses are pulling in that much cash? Seems like it must take a lot to get you excited.