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Apple Music pays artists double what Spotify pays
Apple’s said it pays music rights holders a penny per Apple Music stream, “roughly double” Spotify’s rate, according to an Apple…
Apple Music hit 68 million paid subscribers worldwide at end of 2019
It’s been nearly a year since Apple services chief Eddy Cue said Apple Music had reached 60 million paid subscribers. Apple doesn’t regularly disclose…
Spotify reaches 100 million subscribers worldwide, still losing money
Spotify now has 100 million paying users around the world, the company said…
Apple is the real winner in Spotify’s battle against paying songwriters more
Streaming giant Spotify, after years of attempting to woo the songwriting community, is now at the front of an effort to pay it less…
Apple will not appeal songwriter royalty increase, digital music competitors Spotify, Google, Pandora, and Amazon
Spotify, Google, Pandora and Amazon have teamed up to appeal a controversial ruling by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board…
Apple Music subscribers can stream music for free on American Airlines
Subscribers can stream all their favorite songs and artists in the air…
Spotify teams with Samsung in face of growing Apple Music threat
Spotify Technology SA has a new ally in its competition with Apple Inc….
Why Apple Music surpassed Spotify in the U.S.
Apple Music may still be tens of millions of paid subscribers behind Spotify in the global market…
Apple slices into Spotify’s lead in U.S. music market
Spotify, Apple and other streaming services do not publicly break down their subscriber counts by country..
Apple Music now has more paying subscribers in the U.S. than Spotify
Apple Music has more paying subscribers in the United States than Spotify…
Apple Music streaming on Apple Watch Series 3 is a surprisingly nice feature to have
Music streaming from a wrist watch is, both in concept and in practice, a big thing….
Apple Music and Spotify now account for the majority of music consumption in the UK
Industry figures that also show a continuing vinyl revival…
Verizon’s ‘Go Unlimited’ plan throttles all smartphone video streaming to 480p
Today the biggest US carrier announced that its existing unlimited data plan is being divided into three new options…
Apple Music helps on-demand audio streaming to hit record high
It’s been an action-packed start to the year, with records broken, chart history made…
Apple Music executive Bozoma Saint John to leave Apple
Bozoma Saint John, the Apple executive who garnered significant attention…
SiriusXM in talks to acquire Pandora
The two companies, while talking, remain in disagreement on value…
Spotify imposes 2-week paywall on new albums in deal with Universal
New albums from some of the world’s most popular recording artists will soon go behind a temporary paywall…
Apple delivers best experience in every category, research says
Apple’s image as an innovator and general leader of all things exciting has been assaulted of late…
Apple picks up talent and tech from defunct music startup Omnifone
As the race continues to pick up more subscribers for streaming music services…
Amazon, Pandora prep new music streaming services
Pandora is expected to make the first move by unveiling, perhaps as early as this week, an expanded version…
Apple Music complicating Spotify’s attempt to contract with all three major music labels
Spotify is out of contract with all three major music companies…
Apple acquires cloud-based music provider Omnifone
One of Apple’s latest acquisitions appears to be cloud-based music provider Omnifone…
Apple proposes simplified music licensing scheme to U.S. Copyright Royalty Board
This afternoon, Apple submitted a preliminary proposal to the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board…
Apple to kill iTunes music download sales in 2-3 years, sources insist
WWDC 2016 is expected to include the unveiling of a major iTunes overhaul…
Chance the Rapper’s Apple Music-only ‘Coloring Book’ is first streaming-exclusive album to chart on Billboard 200
The independently released album bowed exclusively through Apple Music’s streaming service on May 13…
Apple: No, we’re not going to stop selling music downloads anytime soon
Apple, the company that essentially invented the market for music download sales, is not going to stop selling downloads anytime soon…
Apple prepping to kill iTunes Store music downloads within two years
Not if, but when…
The Beatles. Now streaming on Apple Music as of Christmas Eve
On December 24th at 12:01am local time, around the world, The Beatles’ music is available for streaming worldwide…
In likely boon for Apple Music, Copyright Royalty Board raises rates on free music services
In news which could well be good for Apple Music, but bad for rival free streaming music services…
Is Apple Music a total failure?
The news that Apple’s new streaming service, Apple Music, has only acquired 6.5 million paying subscribers since its summer launch strikes me as a pretty inauspicious start…
Noel Gallagher calls Apple ‘arrogant’ and Apple Music’s Beats 1 ‘Orwellian’
Noel Gallagher has waded back into the streaming debate…
Apple Music could launch the iPod’s comeback
While it may seem that Apple has all but forgotten the iPod…
Would Apple Music really launch without some of the biggest names in music?
Apple Music, the new streaming service that has the potential to completely reshape the music industry…
Why Apple’s latest antitrust woes are a good thing
Apple’s efforts to break into the streaming music business have attracted…
Apple Music hitting its goal of 100 million users would change the music industry forever
Apple is looking to attract as many people as they can to Apple Music..
Independent labels fear signing with Apple Music will put them out of business
Apple Inc. is demanding that record labels such as Adele’s…
Catch up time: The lost year of Beats Music and how that may not matter for Apple
Apple is expected to debut Apple Music, a subscription streaming-music service…
Can Apple convince Spotify users to pay $10 a month for music?
Apple Inc. is reportedly ready to announce its own on-demand streaming music service…
For Apple Music to succeed, iTunes download sales must be sacrificed
One of the business tenets that has led to Apple’s incredible success…
Apple’s all-in bet to be watershed moment for music; $10/month unlimited subscription service and more
Apple is expected to offer unlimited on-demand streaming for $10 a month…
Spotify may cut ‘freemium’ to three months, sources say
Spotify may soon be limiting its free, ad-supported access to just three months…
