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Apple’s Beats buy is two-sided for music streaming rivals

Sunday, June 1, 2014 1:12 pm21 Comments

Observers believe Apple’s purchase of Beats could have both positive and negative effects

Jim Cramer: Apple skeptics getting Tim Cook wrong

Friday, May 30, 2014 1:29 pmFriday, May 30, 201410 Comments

Cramer found that skeptics surfaced from every corner of the market…

Did Apple save Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine just in time?

Friday, May 30, 2014 12:58 pmFriday, May 30, 201431 Comments

Nobody published as detailed — or as nasty — a look at Apple’s newest acquisition…

Apple paying under $500 million for Beats Music streaming service

Friday, May 30, 2014 8:28 amThursday, May 29, 20145 Comments

Apple Inc. is paying slightly less than $500 million for the Beats Music…

Jimmy Iovine: Apple’s new music impresario

Thursday, May 29, 2014 5:00 pmThursday, May 29, 201410 Comments

Apple’s new music impresario, Jimmy Iovine, didn’t start out…

Tim Cook: Beats acquisition a ‘killer’ deal for Apple

Thursday, May 29, 2014 4:01 pmThursday, May 29, 201412 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook looked like he wanted to dance…

Did Tim Cook just pay $3 billion for his successor, Jimmy Iovine?

Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:29 pmThursday, May 29, 201437 Comments

Will Iovine replace Cook like Jobs replaced Amelio?

Steven Levy: With Beats Music service, Apple’s Tim Cook goes against the wisdom of Steve Jobs

Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:01 pmThursday, May 29, 201446 Comments

This is a very un-Apple-like acquisition…

Apple + Beats = MTV?

Thursday, May 29, 2014 12:01 pmThursday, May 29, 201415 Comments

Apple bought Beats, but it isn’t buying headphones and it isn’t buying…

Jimmy Iovine brings his own brand of ‘reality distortion field’ to Apple

Thursday, May 29, 2014 8:58 amThursday, May 29, 201447 Comments

It had been only four hours since Jimmy Iovine had agreed to sell Beats…