“Inside sources at some of the major labels — who are bound by ironclad NDAs — say that Apple Music has attracted more than 10 million subscribers in a mere four weeks,” Hits Daily Double reports.
“These sources, who risk possible waterboarding by Robert Kondrk and team for any fissures in Cupertino’s customary wall of silence, have been surprised by how many have signed up for the service during this initial free trial period,” Hits Daily Double reports. “Apple doesn’t make its streaming numbers public but is showing reports to those rights holders, who have been surprised by how big those figures already are.”
“Some rights holders feel Apple should publicize these figures; the decision to do so or not falls to Eddy Cue,” Hits Daily Double reports. “But releasing the numbers would likely go a long way toward turning those who don’t yet get it into believers.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: With Cue’s blessing or not, the numbers are now out there – and they are spectacular!
Apple may be reticent to trumpet the numbers with numerous government entities currently attempting to conjure up some “antitrust” paydays for themselves over Apple Music.
Sleep tight, Spotify et al.
SEE ALSO:
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Consumer Watchdog Asks U.S. feds to investigate Apple Music over alleged ‘antitrust violations’ – July 22, 2015
Oh ok, Spotify listeners are upgrading to Apple Music – July 19, 2015
Oh ok, Spotify: Apple’s iOS 8.4 adoption already at 37 percent – July 7, 2015
Apple Music could kill more than just Spotify, it could kill music labels, too – June 25, 2015
Spotify founder: Oh ok, we don’t need to be number one in music streaming – June 11, 2015
Why Apple Music will gut and publicly execute Spotify – June 10, 2015
Spotify CEO claims to be ‘ok’ with Apple Music – June 9, 2015
Jimmy Iovine and Eddy Cue: Apple Music gunning for Spotify, YouTube, and terrestrial radio – June 9, 2015
Something about Apple Music betraying Apple’s brilliance by ignoring ‘The Harry Potter Theory of Marketing’ or some such nonsense – June 9, 2015
Bob Lefsetz on Apple Music: What team is Jimmy Iovine on? – June 9, 2015
Apple Music’s huge advantage over Spotify – June 9, 2015
Apple Music is a major mess and it won’t beat Spotify or something – June 9, 2015
When Apple Music arrives, what happens to iTunes Match? – June 9, 2015
What Apple Music says about how Apple views musicians – June 8, 2015
Apple’s revolutionary Apple Music just might prove its skeptics wrong – June 8, 2015
Apple unveils revolutionary Apple Music service – June 8, 2015
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Bill” for the heads up.]