Apple and Beats?

It doesn't have anything to do with the headphones, as much hype as there is about the Beats headphones, and regardles of whether they're worth anything like what they cost, they're a tiny market compared to Apple's other hardware business.

It's about the streaming technology and the subscriber base.

Revenue from buying and downloading music, the iTunes model, is steadily dropping compared to streaming subscription revenue and Apple is buying an entry into the streaming market, based on Beats' acquisition of MOG.com and the transformation of MOG into beatsmusic.com.
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Agree w Sfar. Cash flow, cash flow, cash flow. IIRC, the beats streaming service gives you access to what you "rent" only as long as you subscribe. If Beats music gets 10
million subscribers worldwide (not out of the question, I don't thing) @ $10/mo, that's real money ;-)

It's a brilliant move on the part of AAPL.
Ignore nonoise, it's obvious he knows nothing about investing.

Judy, Judy, Judy....

I never doubted the already established streaming end of the deal. That's for beginners, journalists, and children to dwell on.

As for the "investing" side of the equation, where have you been for the last couple of decades?

All the best,
Nonoise

Making much more money than you.
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