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New data from LinkedIn shows how digital upstarts like Netflix and Spotify are taking over the entertainment business
Streaming services like Netflix and Spotify are overtaking traditional entertainment companies in staff size, according to LinkedIn data.
Streaming services like Netflix and Spotify have overtaken a number of traditional entertainment companies and prominent film studios in staff size over the past five years, according to LinkedIn data on employee numbers shared exclusively with Business Insider.
The site compared the total employee counts of the top 10 entertainment-industry companies in 2013 and 2018.
Netflix moved up six spots on the list from No. 9 in 2013 to No. 3 this year, while music streaming giant Spotify moved from No. 12 to No. 6. The music streaming service Pandora also entered the top 10 after being previously unranked in 2013.
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LinkedIn's data on employee numbers showed that newer, digital companies like Netflix, Spotify, and Pandora nearly
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