Daniel Ek Quotes

I think, from a standpoint of editorial, you know, AOL historically has played in a very deep way across many different verticals in the content space. Huffington Post adds a very large new dimension to that.

Netflix, I love you.

Ever since Napster I've dreamt of building a product similar to Spotify.

I'm down with Spotify. I don't know all the financial details but generally it's a great resource.

Think of any news site on the web that sells subscriptions; AOL has four times as many people as the largest subscription service. We have people who pay to use our products and services, and they are heavily engaged in our content.

I find podcasting an enticing space.

Netflix is something I watch.

I founded Netflix. I've built it steadily over 12 years now, first with DVD becoming profitable in 2002, a head-to-head ferocious battle with Blockbuster and evolving the company toward streaming.

There's always going to be a place for YouTube.

YouTube is becoming much more than an entertainment destination.

At the end of the day, a television, a computer, or a smart phone is just a device through which one can access content. The content itself is what matters, not the device.

Podcasting is not really that different from streaming music, which we've done for quite a long time. Having a traditional podcast that people subscribe to - the hype is ahead of the quality. Podcasting is essentially a download, and you run into copyright issues. What you're left with currently is podcast talk radio.

Instagram is a media company. I think we're about visual media.

I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go.

Spotify - I met those guys before they launched in America and was wildly excited about the idea. 'Wow, this is all the music in the world, for a flat fee.'

I created 'Rookie' because I read a lot of websites that I thought were cool and interesting, but they weren't for teens, and I wanted us to have something that could be ours.

I'm excited to launch 'Waveform,' which will explore everything from tech news and new products to the videos that surround them.

I use Spotify to listen to music when I am taking a shower and when I am doing projects.

We're trying to make the music service a cultural point of reference, and that's why we're making video. We're making video for our Apple Music customers and our future customers.

YouTube, for me, is the primary platform.

Spotify was one of the first services that actually focuses on the consumer because they don't have to spend hundreds of dollars a year on music.

I always admired Netflix's business model; they are really good at what they do.

Netflix, like life, has its pros and cons.

I hope to take advantage of the Netflix organism and see if there are ways to get in new material and see if there are ways to do deleted scenes.

Having done quite a bit with studios and networks, I thought if I'm going to do something new and unformed, it would be fun to do it in a completely new space and place. The space being the Internet and the place being Crackle.