spotify now worth $8 BILLION and still no profits to be heard of....go figure

Last article I read from late 2014 that I could find shows that spotify still doesn't make any money, but they now value them at $8,000,000,000.....keep in mind this is just another market that is filled with very, very strong competition..... competition is only growing with more music apps coming out every few months...pandora which doesn't make money either is valued around $3 billion and trades publicly....
I did notice though they pay artists $0.006 to $0.0084 per play...which could add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars for the musician every year....if those numbers start to increase these companies will only struggle harder and harder to make money as the artists are the only ones that are going to make bank off this technology of streaming...

http://time.com/3590670/spotify-calculator/








Spotify raises $350M at $8B valuation: Sources
Jacob Pramuk | @jacobpramuk
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Goldman Sachs' institutional clients took part in the fundraising, sources added.


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Spotify declined to comment on the funding.

Spotify has more than 60 million active users, including about 15 million paid subscribers, according to the company.

But it has faced increased competition in the streaming space. Rapper Jay Z recently launched Tidal, a streaming service in which musicians hold majority ownership.

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Apple is widely expected to jump into the streaming space after its acquisition of Beats Music last year.

— Reporting by CNBC's Kayla Tausche

 

Well, as of today they have lost one competitor....

http://grooveshark.com/

 

I'm surprised Warby Parker now has a $1.2 billion dollar valuation.
It seems like a low barrier to entry business that is easy to replicate, and it doesn't get competitive advantage from network effects the way a linkedin or amazon does.

 

yes I read this last night, but as soon as one leaves another 2 competitors will join in....

 

Never heard of Warby Parker until today, I will never understand why people pay $100-$500 on sunglasses made from cheap plastic and cheap glass, its a monopoly owned by Luxottica which also owns Lenscrafters, Pearle Vision and Sunglass Hut, they also bought out RayBan and Oakley... so they basically have the market cornered, they own the market ...they set the price, they control the market...all those name brand names you see on the glasses, Chanel, Tiffany, Prada etc those are all designed by Luxottica...There is NO FREE MARKET in this market place...