Sentences with phrase «get a cut of»

«Generally, when you are the basis for a platform, you don't want to scare away investment in your platform developers by competing with them... There is a vibrant ecosystem of game developers, headed by Zynga, who do a good job making successful social games already, and Facebook gets a cut of what those developers make, so there is currently no need for Facebook to step in and make games itself, either strategically or monetarily,» Hoskins recently explained via Quora.

The solution in both e-books and video games therefore seems obvious: publishers should work with the retailers to find a solution in which they get a cut of the resale.

Publishers would likely hate such a move for the same reason that video game makers do — they wouldn't get a cut of it.

She discovered those MLM companies — the multilevel marketing, where, pyramid - style, one person recruits another and gets a cut of their sales — and tried out a few with varying success.

Live Nation Entertainment, which merged with Ticketmaster in 2010, is in a great position to capitalize on this trend as it owns or controls more than 100 of the most popular music venues in the country and gets a cut of ticketing fees to boot.

The Bureau gets a cut of every purchase made through its website.

All of these players get their cuts of the various fees associated with credit card usage.

Rather than charging consumers $ 70 a pop as they do now, publishers would have more flexibility if they were getting a cut of resold games, which they don't now.

As the value of Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies skyrockets, fraudsters are developing new blockchain exploits and mining schemes to get their cut of the digital gold rush.

It also gets a cut of subscriptions sold by third - party apps on the App Store.

If the film is released early enough, say, within 30 days of a theatrical release, theater companies will get a cut of the VOD revenues — likely somewhere between 10 % and 20 %.

I agree with you on this the CC has always been a lackey to money and I wouldn't be surprised to see them change their mind if they got a cut of the action.

Seeing her state of anxiety I asked her to relax, that I needed for her to calm down, and told her that if we got cut of I would call her right back.

(Full disclosure: I get a cut of your ticket price for referring you to the show — but my recommendation is genuine, not mercenary.

A debate erupts about what is defined as regional after Wollongong and Newcastle are classified «metropolitan» in discussion around which areas will get a cut of the NSW Government's Snowy Hydro windfall.

Strickland says the man secretly got a cut of the deal, and the conflict caused a permanent «falling out» between them.

While most agents get a cut of the deal, Littlejohn says that Bandy has refused to take any contract money from him.

Maybe we should add an incentive that says — they get a cut of any future sell on fee.

There is a lively player market; an Argentine from Newell's Old Boys gets a cut of the purchase price when he is sold to River Plate, and Swedish youngsters dream of the day when they can grow up and, like Gunnar Nordahl, draw the excited bidding of rich Italian promoters.

The NCAA cancelled its relationship with EA Sports in 2013, due in part to a settled lawsuit that ended up with former players getting a cut of the money the association made off the NCAA Football video games.

Sometimes I do wonder if he gets a cut of the transfer pool if he doesn't spend what other incentive could there be?

Even if they don't convince you to buy or try essential oils, they might recruit you to sell them too (so they can get a cut of your sales).

But charter schools get a cut of taxpayer dollars, which threatens the money needed to fund the public schools and keep the Syracuse Teachers Association operating.

Did Tom get a cut of the money for this mailers, the way he got a cut of the 100K ad - buy, behind the back of chairman Cox?

In return, Silver steered Glenwood to a friend's law firm, then got a cut of the fees Glenwood paid.

Silberman ultimately ruled that Jennings could not get a cut of Hurt's income because they were never married.

A source close to the firm who asked not to be named because they did not have permission to speak on the record, said the firm sees itself as «witnesses» in the case because they did not know for years that Silver was getting a cut of the fees it paid to Goldberg & Iryami.

After that, New York would continue to get a cut of the profits based on how contracts are negotiated.

A league attorney tossed up a plan for the NBA to get a cut of legalized sports - betting in New York.

The corporation estimates its operating costs will be about $ 500,000 for the period between those foreclosure notices being processed - March, 2013 - and when it could start getting a cut of the increase in back tax payments - October, 2013.

Platinum got a hold of $ 20 million in COBA money after Seabrook, allegedly worked out a deal to get a cut of the profits, including $ 60,000 cash handed to him in a black Ferragamo bag.

«What she's saying is «We have something that is very desirable, but we are not giving it to you unless we get a cut of the action.»?»

Trademarks, patents and other intellectual property are fiercely guarded by their owners, who will usually sue to either get a cut of any profit by way of licence or to prevent its use all together,» says Donald Ramsbottom, a solicitor in Portsmouth who specialises in Internet law.

Without them, the firms would lose a lot of money as they get a cut of each sale, plus millions of iPhone and Android phone users would be deprived of their apps.

Friendster gets a cut of eHarmony's premium membership revenues without alienating their avid userbase.

Plummer replaced Kevin Spacey in the film just weeks ago, but Sony Pictures was able to get a cut of the movie featuring Plummer to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ahead of the closing of its nomination window.

He really ought to get a cut of any hipster crime movie.

In those cases where the local districts don't have to share their money, area charter schools would still get capital aid from the state — $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 that's divided among all eligible charter schools statewide, even those getting a cut of local money.

Well, since Amazon gets a cut of any transaction that takes place, spurring sales by any means available obviously makes good business sense.

That's because you only get a cut of the net royalties, which means it might be calculated from the sale price, but the publisher only gives you a cut of what they get after Amazon takes out their portion.

In the case of Square, Square will still get a cut of the transaction, but it comes out slightly better than the cuts the ebook vendors take of transactions on those sites.

Because as Mr. Wendig says, if you're trying to get a cut of sales off of my book, and you're getting in there and altering the language and you are neither my publisher nor my editor, that warrants a big fat fuck you, no.

Also, I assume the agent gets a cut of the money so he / she might lead the author astray.

For each unit sold, the bookstores actually get a cut of each digital purchase customers make.

When a user buys a comic through the storefront, the retailer gets a cut of the sale — and the customer can read it on comiXology's Comics app alongside all his or her other comics.

With the traditional publishing route, many people get a cut of the book's profits before the author does, so a writer may not see a huge payout unless the book is incredibly successful.

It may be a hit up front for you to pay for editing and / or cover design, but why have someone get a cut of your pie if it's not absolutely essential?

The translation deal was done by his agent, who gets a cut of the translation deals, but nothing from the original self - pubbed book in English.

Nor do I get a cut of her book sales.

If this site is an actual Amazon affiliate, then not only are they making $ 9.99 a month per author who is signed up, they are also getting a cut of every one of the sales that are made through links posted on the site.