In 2014, Dr. Dre made an infamous video celebrating Apple’s acquisition of Beats in which he called himself “the first billionaire in hip-hop”…
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Jimmy Iovine on what’s wrong with music streaming
In a series of conversations in December, Iovine spoke about his career transition from the studio to the halls of Cupertino…
Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine ordered to pay $25.2 million bill for Beats headphones
Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine have been ordered to pay $25.2m (£19.2m) to…
Apple Music becoming a virtual record label?
Apple Music executive Jimmy Iovine says streaming services are too similar…
Jimmy Iovine plans exit from Apple
If you ask the question, ‘Did Apple need Beats?’ the answer is no…
Jimmy Iovine denies rumor that he’s leaving Apple in August
Jimmy Iovine shot down rumors that he plans to exit Apple in August…
As Spotify crosses 70 million paid subscribers, distant #2 Apple Music’s Jimmy Iovine reportedly to bow out
It’s now been over three years since Apple closed its $3 billion acquisition of Beats…
GBH: Apple likely to repatriate $200 billion of its $252 billion foreign cash hoard
Could an expected windfall of billions of dollars from the tax break on repatriated overseas cash…
Apple Music chief Jimmy Iovine may leave the company in August; departure timed to his shares fully vesting
Look for Jimmy Iovine to leave Apple Music in August…
No, Apple won’t buy Netflix when they repatriate their billions
Don’t expect Apple to buy Netflix this year with the billions of dollars they’ll soon be repatriating…
Citi analysts: 40% chance Apple will acquire Netflix now that President Trump’s corporate tax cut has been passed
Citi analysts recently sent a note to clients saying there is a 40% chance that Apple will buy Netflix…
Beleaguered Tidal subscription music service running out of cash, may close next year
Lossless streaming music service Tidal is reported to be running out of cash..
Apple Music now has well over 30 million paying subscribers
I don’t believe that what exists right now is enough…
Kanye West cuts ties with Tidal as Jay-Z’s latest album pops up on Apple Music
The same day that the Jay-Z album ‘4:44’ exits Tidal exclusivity, Kanye West, one of Tidal’s initial 16 artist-owners…
How long will Jimmy Iovine stay with Apple?
Talking to Iovine about his career and the energy that propelled his shifts from engineer to producer…
Jimmy Iovine defends Apple Music’s paid-only model, claims free tier would have 400 million listeners by now
Beats co-founder and Apple Music executive Jimmy Iovine raised vocal opposition to the concept of ‘free’ music…
UBS reminds Apple and Wall Street of Steve Jobs’ words: ‘Companies forget what it means to make great products…’
UBS analyst Steven Milunovich used the words of its founder Steve Jobs to remind the company…
Citi: Apple 40% likely to acquire Netflix, 5% likely to acquire Tesla
The research arm of the investment bank Citi released a report this morning…
Apple wants to turn Apple Music into a one-stop shop for pop culture
Will.i.am was shopping a reality show to TV networks when he met Apple Music…
Analyst: Apple could double dividend, buy Netflix with repatriated cash under President Trump’s U.S. corporate tax changes
Apple could dramatically increase its dividend yield if it repatriates foreign profits under U.S. corporate tax changes being considered by the Trump administration…
Spotify hits 50 million paid subscribers
Spotify is continuing to persuade music fans to hand over cold, hard cash…
No, Apple doesn’t need to buy Netflix
Calls for Apple to buy Netflix are getting louder…
How Jimmy Iovine plans to take Apple Music to new heights
When you first sit down with Apple Music chief Jimmy Iovine in the living room of his Holmby Hills home…
Apple’s Jimmy Iovine: Here’s what we’re building
With Apple Music’s recent redesign and its continuing foray into exclusives, both in audio streams and now its latest push into video…
Eddy Cue interviews Bruce Springsteen at Apple SoHo
Bruce Springsteen today sat down with Apple executive Eddy Cue for an interview…
Jimmy Iovine on Apple Music: ‘The stuff we’re creating I don’t think anyone is gonna see coming’
For music streaming services, which rely on a delicate web of relationships with the artists, publishers, and record labels…
Apple debuts longform Apple Music ad starring James Corden with Jimmy Iovine, Bozoma Saint John… and Eddy Cue?
One of advertising’s more famed agency owners, David Ogilvy, had an adage…
Jimmy Iovine: Apple has no plans to buy Tidal or any other streaming music service
We’re not looking to acquire any streaming services…
Kanye West tries to goad Apple CEO Tim Cook to buy Tidal
Taking a break from his social media spat with pop singer Taylor Swift, rapper Kanye West this weekend…
Kanye West calls for Apple to buy Tidal, demands executive meeting
Rapper Kanye West in a minor tweet storm on Saturday called on Apple to purchase Apple Music competitor Tidal…
YouTube’s music streaming takes a beating from Apple Music, Spotify, others
YouTube is no longer the biggest music streaming game in town…
Apple blasts Spotify for ‘resorting to rumors and half-truths, asking for preferential treatment’
In a letter sent to Spotify general counsel Horacio Gutierrez on Friday, Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell rebutted…
Apple buying Tidal would be a very savvy move
Investor sentiment in Apple this morning has been that they have made or are making a poor move in shooting to acquire…
Why the heck would Apple want to buy Jay Z’s Tidal?
Apple is in talks to buy Tidal, the streaming music service purchased…
Why Apple buying Jay Z’s Tidal makes sense – and why it doesn’t
Apple is apparently in exploratory talks to acquire Jay Z’s streaming service Tidal…
Desperate Spotify tries to manufacture an Apple App Store antitrust issue that does not exist
Spotify’s general counsel Horacio Gutierrez — who used to be Microsoft’s second-highest-ranking in-house lawyer…
Spotify accuses Apple of ‘grave harm’
Spotify says Apple is making it harder for the streaming music company to compete by blocking…
Taylor Swift and the music industry wage war on Google’s YouTube, take fight to U.S. Congress
Taylor Swift and many in the music industry are officially taking their bad blood with Google’s YouTube to Congress…
Apple Music’s Iovine, Reznor, Cue and Kondrk on streaming’s new world order and why ‘we all should be’ worried
Twelve months of Apple Music have brought the service 15 million paid subscribers and, for its architects…
Apple Music will get a makeover, but it needs much more
Last year, Apple finally got into the subscription music business…
Taylor Swift dances like no one’s watching in new Apple Music ad
Taylor Swift dances like no one’s watching
Dalrymple: Lessons I hope Apple’s learned from last year’s Apple Music introduction
Apple is planning a major revamp of Apple Music at its Worldwide Developer Conference in June. This is welcome news for sure…
