Apple’s hopes of creating a super-bundle of media content for one flat monthly fee have run into early opposition, with some record labels nervous about the prospect of offering their music for a lower price.
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Apple launches Apple News+, an immersive magazine and news reading experience, in the UK and Australia
Apple News+, a new subscription service that brings together over 150 popular magazines and leading newspapers into a convenient and curated experience…
How long before we get a $100 ‘Everything Apple’ subscription including an iPhone?
If you suspect Apple is heading toward offering us a single all-in subscription package, the company’s moves this week regarding Apple TV+ and, more quietly, AppleCare+, make a lot of sense…
The iPhone and Apple’s services strategy
The success of the iPhone XR strongly suggests that there is more elasticity in the iPhone market than ever before…
Apple surprises with aggressive device and services pricing
Apple Inc.’s biggest surprise at its keynote address on Tuesday was not a new feature, device, or service, but an aggressive pricing strategy…
Apple’s path to success beyond the iPhone gets clearer
Sales in Apple’s accessories category — which includes Apple Watch and AirPods, as well as Beats headphones and HomePod speakers — are skyrocketing…
Apple releases iOS 12.4 with iPhone migration, support for HomePod in Japan and Taiwan, and more
Apple today released iOS 12.4 which introduces iPhone migration to directly transfer data from an old iPhone to a new iPhone…
Apple News+ publishers aren’t happy with their payouts
Apple has high hopes for Apple News+, the premium news subscription service it launched in March…
Apple TV has 16% share of U.S. streaming TV devices
Apple TV has grown to approximately 16% share of streaming TV devices in the U.S. as of Q219 and is projected to grow to over…
Apple News launches candidate guide ahead of 2020 Democratic debates
Apple today introduced a new candidate guide in Apple News, providing a timely, trusted and comprehensive look at the 20 individuals participating…
What’s Apple’s strategy for keeping the iPod touch alive?
Apple killed off all of its iPod models except for the iPod touch being the sole holdover and it finally was updated after four years…
Apple’s iPad apps for Mac are getting huge upgrades in macOS Catalina
While macOS Catalina isn’t being released until the fall, there are already four catalyst apps on the Mac…
Analyst: Apple stock will outperform on growing services sales
Apple is currently growing its services revenue at a double-digit clip “with potential acceleration given new revenue streams” (such as Apple News+, which racked up 200,000 subscribers in its first week)…
Hands on Apple’s new 2019 iPod touch, plus benchmarks
The new iPod touch features Group FaceTime and AR experiences, a first for iPod…
The new 2019 iPod touch will support all of Apple’s new services
Apple on Tuesday announced a new iPod Touch, replacing the previous model that was introduced in 2015…
Analyst: Apple needs new services to succeed because existing ones will slow significantly
Apple Inc. needs to succeed with its new services offerings given that…
Apple News+ offers exclusive covers, innovative storytelling from hundreds of publishers
Since Apple News+ launched in March, publishers have been using the platform to showcase innovative live covers…
Killing fake news: Can Apple News+ save journalism?
Apple has portrayed News+ as an effort to save journalism…
Apple: $300 is my new 12-month price target
After reading the Q2 earnings transcript, I am going to make another bold projection…
Is Apple News+ worth $9.99 a month?
It’s been hugely hyped and roundly criticized, but after more than a month’s intensive use…
Apple CEO Cook says Apple’s launch of streaming, gaming and other services is ‘unlike anything that’s been done before’
Last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a new direction for his company…
Apple has been battered all year by bad headlines, but stock keeps rising
When Apple reports second-quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell, sales will be down from the same time last year…
Apple’s Services division alone would be worth up to $450 billion as its own company
If Apple spun off its Services division as its own company, the business would be worth…
How to use your Apple News+ subscription to get around paywalls
Apple’s new premium News Plus service offers a lot of bang for the buck…
Apple will end up paying a whopping $485 million for Texture
One of the big mysteries surrounding Apple’s acquisition of Texture…
How services could sour Apple
I have had a range of conversations with colleagues in the tech industry…
Over 200,000 users subscribed to Apple News+ in its first 48 hours
Apple’s March 25th “It’s Show Time” “marketing event seems to have accomplished its goal…
One week with Apple News+
If you are into magazines, Apple News+ is a tremendous value…
The New York Times and Washington Post resisted Eddy Cue’s Apple News+ hard sell
On the evening of Wednesday, March 27, a few dozen magazine and digital-media notables gathered in a capacious loft…
Apple News+ could lead to a massive value destruction for the magazine industry
In the United States, the magazine industry generates annual revenue of $27 billion…
Texture to shut down May 28th; Android users to lose access (unless they upgrade to an Apple device)
“A year ago, Apple acquired the digital newsstand app Texture to form the basis of Apple News+…
Apple still has a lot to prove with its new subscription services: It promised, now it has to deliver
I knew Apple had lost me when the lights came up from total darkness for what felt like…
Morgan Stanley ups Apple price target to $220 from $197
Big picture, this strategy aligns with our thesis that Services, not devices, hold the key to Apple revenue…
Meet Peter Stern, Apple’s no-nonsense former cable TV exec leading Apple’s subscription services
Peter Stern joined Apple at a moment when its relationships with entertainment companies and publishers…
Watch Apple’s complete ‘It’s Show Time’ special event keynote here
Apple’s complete ‘It’s Show Time’ special event keynote…
Apple News+ hands-on: Is it worth $9.99 per month?
Apple News+ is Apple’s latest offering into the service arena…
The real choice you make when you subscribe to Apple services
If there’s anything that’s clear from Apple’s event Monday, it’s that the maker of premium tech products…
Apple analysts see potential in expanding services but want more info
Apple Inc. analysts are cautiously optimistic about the company expanding its services business…
Apple felt like a totally different company yesterday
While I sat inside the Steve Jobs Theater watching Big Bird talk to a hand puppet on the stage, I realized Apple was not the same company…
Apple now wants to be your cable provider, newsstand, credit card and arcade. But will it save you money?
You know Apple as the company that makes your iPhone…
Now, can you see how important services are for Apple?
Tim Cook closed yesterday’s Apple event with these words: ‘From everything we’ve shared with you…
At their ‘It’s Show Time’ event, Apple brought nothing to the table but its power
There have been good Apple events and bad Apple events since Tim Cook took over…
