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A prediction.

Dr Dre and Iovine will be gone from Apple within 18 months. We will be given some spin about them going off to focus on making music.

Apple will sell what is left of Beats within four years for a significant loss. They will be the third company to get burned by Beats.
 
Beats is probably selling well and Dre is involved with content. But I'm not sure Apple has made back $3.2 billion yet, either financially or in brand value.
 
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