Apple’s said it pays music rights holders a penny per Apple Music stream, “roughly double” Spotify’s rate, according to an Apple…
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Samsung to preinstall Spotify on phones
Spotify today announced that its streaming music service will be preinstalled…
Streaming services led by Apple Music account for 75 percent of the U.S. recording industry’s revenue
Downloads represented just 11 percent of US labels’ revenue last year…
Spotify files for its IPO
Music streaming giant Spotify confidentially filed IPO documents with the SEC at the end of December…
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…
Tesla looks to create an Apple Music rival
Tesla is talking to the music industry about creating its own streaming music service…
Apple may seek to pay labels less as Apple Music subscriptions rise
Apple Inc. is seeking to reduce record labels’ share of revenue from streaming…
Apple Music passes Pandora and Spotify in mobile usage
Spotify may be the reigning leader when it comes to the largest number of paid subscribers…
Apple Music can’t even beat Spotify, but, regardless, music streaming just might be a lousy business anyway
Apple, the pioneer in selling digital music, has clearly met its match when it comes to streaming…
Spotify hits 50 million paid subscribers
Spotify is continuing to persuade music fans to hand over cold, hard cash…
Apple Music appears to be the most artist-friendly streaming service
Apple Music continues to pay more cash per stream to artists than Spotify, even as the latter service…
Apple Music still trails Spotify’s growth rate
Apple may be betting on new products such as Apple Pay, Apple Watch, and Apple Music…
Apple debuts Apple Music ad
Listen anywhere — even offline. Over 40 million songs. Thousands of handpicked playlists….
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…
iTunes Match vs. Apple Music: Why you’d want to subscribe to both
iTunes Match, Apple Music, or both?
Why Apple wants to kill free music
Artists have long hated ad-supported free services…
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…
Apple debuts new ad for Apple Music starring Kerry Washington, Taraji P. Henson, and Mary J. Blige
Apple premiered a new Apple Music ad last night during the 2015 Emmy Awards telecast…
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 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…
Study: 11 percent of iOS users currently listen to Apple Music
Although 77 percent of Apple’s iOS users in the United States are aware of Apple Music, only 11 percent are using it…
Why Apple Music is worth every penny
The more you listen, the more the service…
Apple Music might be the best thing for indie music labels
An artist signed with a major label gets about 20 percent of the cut of a song…
Apple Music off to an excellent start as positive opinions abound
Apple has opened the door to a world of music and music discovery….
Apple Music hits the right note on international availability and pricing
It’s still early days for Apple Music…
Neil Cybart: ‘Apple Music is the right product at the wrong price’
Music subscriptions based on human curation and discovery are the future, but…
Indies think Apple Music will finally make streaming pay
Apple Music, the tech giant’s long-awaited foray into music streaming…
Significant interest seen for Apple Music; males almost twice as likely to subscribe than females
Apple Music has gone live amid signs of significant interest…
High expectations greet Apple Music debut
Until now, there have been two players in subscription music:…
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..
Beats 1: Apple’s strangest WWDC announcement, and why it sort of makes sense
Apple is launching a radio station…
Spotify may cut ‘freemium’ to three months, sources say
Spotify may soon be limiting its free, ad-supported access to just three months…
Apple’s new streaming music service to offer free song sampling, free trial, other free features
Apple is still negotiating deals for the streaming service…
Rival music services claim Apple’s App Store pricing is anticompetitive
Universal Music Group has been the main music label leveling pressure…
Apple still plans WWDC debut for new ‘iTunes Music’ subscription service
An announcement at the June 8th WWDC keynote is still planned…
Apple lacks key music deals ahead of ‘iTunes Music’ subscription service launch, sources say
Apple does not have the necessary licensing deals a month before WWDC…
