Apple Music subscriptions have surpassed the 13 million mark, up from the 11 million announced two months ago…
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New Drake album to be exclusively available on Apple Music
Hip-hop artist Drake has some bad news for streaming-music service Spotify…
Taylor Swift’s Apple Music commercial spurred 431% jump in sales for Drake
Last week, Taylor Swift released a minute-long clip she filmed for Apple Music that featured her working out…
Apple’s iTunes Store suffers as streaming sales surpass digital downloads for first time
The Recording Industry Association of America has revealed that streaming music sales surpassed digital downloads…
Apple to start charging for iTunes Radio
iTunes Radio, Apple’s Pandora-style internet radio service, is going behind the $10 per month Apple Music paywall…
Apple Music subscribers could hit 100 million users in 6 years
100 million paying Apple Music members would far outstrip what any streaming music service has accomplished so far…
Apple Music nabs 10 million subscribers in 6 months, which took Spotify 6 years
Apple has passed 10m subscribers for its music streaming service, taking six months…
Apple files to trademark Beats 2, 3, 4, and 5 Internet radio stations
All four trademark applications have the same logo that Apple uses for its Beats 1 radio station, and are listed under broadcasting and streaming music-related categories…
Analyst: Apple Music already has 8 million subscribers, will hit 20 million in 2016
Apple Music went from zero to the No.2 streaming service in a matter of months in mid-2015…
Apple Music now works with Sonos speakers
Sonos just released an app update for iOS and Android that lets users stream albums, songs, playlists, and Beats 1 radio…
Apple waited too long to get into music streaming or something
Apple Music’s biggest problem is and will continue to be that millions and millions of people…
Adele’s new album ’25’ may break ‘impossible’ sales record
You might be surprised to learn that the balance between physical and digital music sales, while shifting, still heavily favors CDs…
Uh-oh, Spotify: People are paying up for Apple Music
At current the current rate, Apple Music could surpass Spotify’s paid subscriber base within a year…
Why Apple Music will win in streaming music
Some experts in the streaming music industry insisted that the world’s most valuable company wouldn’t win over listeners just because it was Apple…
Why Apple wants to kill free music
Artists have long hated ad-supported free services…
Zane Lowe: ‘I’m not sure that Apple Music needs Beats 1’
DJ Zane Lowe has admitted he’s unsure if Apple Music needs the digital radio station Beats 1…
Jimmy Iovine: Apple Music ‘going really well,’ no ad-suported free tier ‘shell game’
Apple doesn’t want to be a source of free tunes, according to Jimmy Iovine…
Apple Music: Gone and forgotten
Within 30 days after Apple Music debuted, Apple touted 11 million signups. But…
So far, Apple Music has failed; it’s very difficult to justify the monthly subscription
One thing, among many, that Apple needs to fix in Apple Music:…
Music industry watches closely as Apple Music free trials expire
Apple Music hits its three month anniversary next week and, to paraphrase an old Warren Buffett saying…
Apple Music has 15 million users in its first three months; plus how to turn off Apple Music auto renewal
The figure is said to be a home run for Apple Music execs, whose projected number was on par…
44 million people listened to Apple Music in July
According to a new ComScore report, Apple Music is certainly catching the attention of users…
Apple admits it has ‘homework to do’ to improve Apple Music
There’s a lot of work going into making the product better…
Why Apple Music’s Ian Rogers left for LVMH
Ian Rogers, the music executive at Apple who stunned the industry last week…
Why Ian Rogers’ departure is bad news for Apple Music
It’s been reported today that Apple Music executive Ian Rogers…
Apple’s Beats 1 architect resigns; Ian Roger’s departure surprises colleagues
The architect of Apple’s online radio strategy has resigned two months…
Here’s what Apple Music needs to win over power users
I wanted Apple Music to be the messiah. It isn’t, but it could be…
Spotify revises user agreement; wants access to users’ location, sensors, voice, photos, and contacts
Spotify has decided that it wants to know a lot more about it’s remaining users…
Apple PR comes out swinging in defense of Apple Music
Apple was very quick to respond Tuesday to a press release about a MusicWatch survey…
Apple: 79 percent of those who signed up for Apple Music are still using it
79 percent of users who have signed up for Apple Music are still using the service…
To fix iTunes, Apple should revisit iSync, an app that actually worked
Apple’s iSync first appeared in Mac OS X 10.2, and its job was to allow…
Can Apple’s Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre save the music industry?
Jimmy Iovine has a line he likes to use…
Apple Music’s Zane Lowe discusses Beats 1’s first weeks
Perhaps the greatest surprise of Apple Music’s first weeks has been the near-universal praise…
Apple releases iTunes 12.2.2 with Apple Music, Beats 1 fixes and improvements
Apple today released iTunes 12.2.2 which includes…
In wake of Apple Music launch, Rdio adds hundreds of terrestrial radio stations
The increasingly crowded streaming music industry is starting to look…
Apple Music’s Jimmy Iovine: ‘No one is going to be able to catch us or do it better’
Apple Music is more than the sum of its parts…
Here’s why I won’t pay for Apple Music after the free trial ends
When the free trial ends, I can’t imagine paying for Apple Music…
Noel Gallagher calls Apple ‘arrogant’ and Apple Music’s Beats 1 ‘Orwellian’
Noel Gallagher has waded back into the streaming debate…
Apple’s music deals allow for up to five new worldwide Beats radio stations
Apple’s 24/7 radio station Beats 1 has lived up to the hype…
Apple Music ads appear worldwide as Billboard adds Apple Music to charts
Apple has kicked off a worldwide advertising campaign for its new streaming music service…
Here’s how to get the most out of Apple Music
While three months may seem a bit excessive…