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Ben Gilbert: belief

23 Jan 2022 Acquired Taylor Swift (Acquired’s Version)

“I think for Snap, but the idea was to build music into the discover tab that they owned or something.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Ben Gilbert
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
23 Jan 2022
Publisher
Acquired

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…Yeah, exactly. But when she made the decision to leave, now that kicks off the sale process. Now, lots of people are interested, they run an auction. Reportedly, Evan Spiegel, who I didn't realize the day that Taylor Swift briefly, is interested in buying lots of PE shots or buying— I think for Snap, but the idea was to build music into the discover tab that they owned or something. Interesting. They run a sale process. Now here's the question. Is Taylor part of the sale process? Could Taylor reasonably have just bought either Big Machine itself or the masters, which were the majority the value of Big Machine?…

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