Former eMusic CEO Adam Klein discusses the online music business and why Apple wants to buy Beats Electronics on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.”
[Apple] has got to be at the party and it’s late and this is the quickest way to get there.
They have to have a forceful streaming presence… It’s the only format that’s growing…
For [Apple] to build it would take too long. — Former eMusic CEO Adam Klein
Direct link to video here.
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