There's an impulse to compare Jeff Bezos' recent announcement of Amazon Prime's 100 million subscribers to Netflix's newly touted 125 million subscribers, but not so fast.

Amazon announces subscriber numbers, but what do they actually mean?

<p>Kim Masters, host of KCRW&rsquo;s The Business, breaks down Hollywood's top stories.</p>

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Kim Masters, host of KCRW’s The Business, breaks down Hollywood's top stories.

<p>Kim Masters, host of KCRW’s The Business, breaks down Hollywood's top stories.</p>

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