Spotify

8 statements across 5 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement May 1, 2017 by Troy Carter · said 87 times in 32 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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May 1, 2017 positive
Disclosure
Troy Carter Was an Early Investor in Spotify, Uber, and Slack
“Yeah, yeah, Spotify, Warby, Uber, Lyft, Dropbox, Slack really great companies that we're proud of.”
Troy Carter May 1, 2017 ▶ 38:58 Lady Gaga & Atom Factory: Troy Carter
May 28, 2018 positive
Disclosure
Carter Was an Early Investor in Spotify, Uber, Dropbox, and Slack
“Spotify, Warby, Uber, Lyft, Dropbox, Slack really great companies that we're proud of.”
Troy Carter May 28, 2018 ▶ 39:21 Lady Gaga & Atom Factory: Troy Carter (2018)
Oct 21, 2019 neutral
Insight
Lieber: Podcasting needed better discovery and analytics to reach full potential
“There were two, like, Basically, industry-level challenges that we were confronting along with every other podcast company, and one was audiences are still having a really hard time discovering new podcasts. Like, if you ask people how they find out new podcas…”
Matt Lieber Oct 21, 2019 ▶ 1:07:24 Gimlet Media: Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber
Oct 21, 2019 positive
Insight
Lieber: Wealth from selling Gimlet didn't bring happiness, but brought safety
“Well, I'm really f***ing rich, and it turns out money doesn't make you happy. But it does make you safe.”
Matt Lieber Oct 21, 2019 ▶ 1:09:51 Gimlet Media: Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber
Dec 26, 2022 bullish
Opinion
Copeland: Spotify generates real revenue for artists through sheer streaming volume
“Spotify now, because there's billions of people who have signed on to it, that zero, zero, zero, one cent times X billion actually is real money. So you can make money now with having, being on some of these platforms.”
Miles Copeland Dec 26, 2022 ▶ 35:11 I.R.S. Records: Miles Copeland
Feb 13, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bill Simmons Was Shocked Spotify Paid $200M For Gimlet's $10M Revenue
“And then they bought Gimlet and they bought Gimlet for like two hundred million dollars. And we were like, wow, Gimlet makes like Ten million dollars a year. They just got two hundred million dollars. Like, what the hell? Like, we were way more profitable than…”
Bill Simmons Feb 13, 2023 ▶ 1:12:32 The Ringer: Bill Simmons
Feb 13, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Simmons: Spotify acquired The Ringer for $250 million
“Two 50.”
Bill Simmons Feb 13, 2023 ▶ 1:11:18 The Ringer: Bill Simmons
Feb 13, 2023 negative
Opinion
Simmons: ESPN was much more political and sinister than Spotify
“I think ESPN was way more political and way more sinister. Spotify's not sinister, but it's also a big company that has a lot of opposing objectives”
Bill Simmons Feb 13, 2023 ▶ 1:16:45 The Ringer: Bill Simmons
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