In 1970, newspapers were doing OK, still making money from subscriptions, display advertising, and want ads (remember those?). Many big markets had two papers, and perhaps one was "failing." Who could have accurately predicted where the newspaper business would be in 2026?
"If a single button is enough to break the relationship between a creator and an audience, then that relationship probably wasn't as strong as we thought."
"When everybody has the music, the music itself no longer separates one service from another. This is starting to make streaming look a lot like radio."
"We have a scale that few companies in history have reached, a business that is healthy and compounding, and opportunities only we are positioned to pursue."
In 1970, newspapers were doing OK, still making money from subscriptions, display advertising, and want ads (remember those?). Many big markets had two papers, and perhaps one was "failing." Who could have accurately predicted where the newspaper business would be in 2026?