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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
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Spotify and the Risk of Dumping Shows
Westwood was a notable example. An HBO show sci fi thing wasn't very good, frankly. And so at a certain point, you have to just cut your losses as opposed to pay residuals in perpetuity. That doesn't make sense. A better outcome is probably it's tied actually much more closely to performance but it's going to be in this sort of Spotify model,. You're not going to get paid just for existing.
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