“In just ten days, Apple Music, the new streaming service that has the potential to completely reshape the music industry as we know it, will go public, and it doesn’t sound like everything is ready to go,” Hugh McIntyre writes for Forbes. “As of now, the service has millions of songs (the company says 30 million) and almost every artist one could want to listen to…almost.”
“Apple Music has not secured deals with some very important acts, and that means that the company may have to launch without them,” McIntyre writes. “Taylor Swift has so far denied the tech giant streaming rights [for her latest album, “1989,” her back catalog will be available on Apple Music – MDN Ed.], and because most independent labels haven’t agreed to Apple’s plan to deny all artists payment for the first three months (which will be a free trial), the company doesn’t have a deal in place with thousands of other acts, including the all-important Adele (who is signed to XL Records, an independent label based in the UK).”
“Now, these are only two artists, but they are BIG names to be missing from any music-related venture, especially from one that’s looking to completely change an industry (as these two singers have),” McIntyre writes. “The platform will also be missing a little band known as The Beatles, which a few people kind of like.”
“Unless a deal is reached in the next week and a half, Apple may actually be forced to move forward without many of the most beloved acts on the planet,” McIntyre writes. “Combined with the slew of negative publicity that has so far surrounded the new entrant to the streaming industry, this launch doesn’t seem to be going too well, does it?”
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MacDailyNews Take: Because iTunes Store failed so miserably without Led Zeppelin for four years, The Beatles for seven, AC/DC for nine years, and Garth Brooks to date.
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