Spotify 4Q24 Earnings, The Streaming 2.0 Era, Spotify Signs Deals With Universal and Warner
Today's Above Avalon Daily email contains the following stories:
Spotify 4Q24 Earnings
The Streaming 2.0 Era
Spotify Signs Deals With Universal and Warner
Following yesterday's discussion regarding the Super Bowl halftime show, we will remain in music streaming land for today's update. A few days ago, Spotify reported 4Q24 earnings, surprising to the upside on most metrics. We will discuss a few things from the earnings release and conference call that jumped out at me. Our focus will then turn to some broader developments in the music streaming space.
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Spotify Earnings, Spotify Planning Supremium Tier, Warner Bros. Discovery Looking to License HBO Content to Netflix
Happy Wednesday. For today's update, we will take a spin through content streaming land.
Spotify Earnings
Back at the end of April, Spotify reported 1Q23 earnings.
Spotify management's narrative changing yet again. There is increased emphasis on paid subscriber growth and the impact it will have (eventually) on profitability. Although Spotify has never been shy talking about user growth since the company needs as many users as possible for its advertising ambition to materialize, premium subscriptions didn't receive as much attention in recent years.
As for what is driving the narrative change, Spotify’s premium sub growth numbers continue to be very strong. The company added 5M premium subs last quarter (bringing the total to 210M). Spotify earns most of its revenue (89%) from premium subscriptions.
Here is my go-to quarterly exhibit tracking Spotify subscriber trends:
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Final Thoughts Heading Into Apple Earnings, Spotify Earnings (Daily Update)
Hello everyone. On Monday, we went over my expectations heading into Apple’s earnings tomorrow. We also talked briefly about my thoughts on what Apple may say about FY2Q23. Yesterday’s update included my granular financial estimates and updated Apple earnings model. One item that has been on my mind is that noise found with tomorrow’s earnings may drown out the numbers and topics that should grab attention. In today’s update, we go over those key earnings items to keep an eye on tomorrow. The discussion then turns to Spotify’s 4Q22 earnings.
Final Thoughts Heading Into Apple Earnings
One item that has been on my mind is that noise found with tomorrow’s earnings may drown out the numbers and topics that should grab attention.
iPhone strength. As alluded to in yesterday's update, earnings recap headlines will probably be focused on
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