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And several distribs acknowledge that theatrical is often just a loss leader.
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Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
For Apple, its movies and TV business is a loss leader, and the same rules don’t apply as for other streamers.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025
Apple, a $3.7 trillion company by market cap, has been able to comfortably shirk advertising revenue for Apple TV+, a prestige-play/loss leader that lifts the value of the Apple One services bundle; everything in the bundle is bait to sell iPhones.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Records have become a loss leader for a variety of different ancillary and touring opportunities, a tenuous situation for the traditional music business, which has seen its age-old model of providing tour support to promote music sales turned on its head.
—Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
For Apple, its movies and TV business is a loss leader, and the same rules don’t apply as for other streamers.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025
Apple, a $3.7 trillion company by market cap, has been able to comfortably shirk advertising revenue for Apple TV+, a prestige-play/loss leader that lifts the value of the Apple One services bundle; everything in the bundle is bait to sell iPhones.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Records have become a loss leader for a variety of different ancillary and touring opportunities, a tenuous situation for the traditional music business, which has seen its age-old model of providing tour support to promote music sales turned on its head.
—Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Loss leader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loss%20leader. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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