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It’s time for Apple to buy one or more of these tech giants or something
As Apple’s stock climbed to its fifth record in March on Tuesday…
Apple’s new TV show ‘Planet of the Apps’ searches for next breakout app
Some have described ‘Planet of the Apps’ as a mash up of Shark Tak and The Voice…
Should Apple buy Pandora?
Would it make sense for Apple to buy the streaming music and internet radio market leader?
Analyst: Apple will win an Oscar within the next five years
Apple hasn’t even released an original program yet, but analysts are already speculating about when the company…
Why Apple’s ‘Planet of the Apps’ totally misses the point of original programming
Last week, Apple released a trailer for its first original show…
Apple debuts second ‘Carpool Karaoke’ trailer
Based on the segment that has become a global, viral video sensation…
Apple dips toe into original content production but plans to get more aggressive
Watch out, Netflix. Apple, the richest company in technology, is finally moving into original video content…
Apple posts teaser trailer for ‘Carpool Karaoke’ series on Apple Music
Based on the segment that has become a global, viral video sensation…
Apple files for entertainment-related trademarks for new Apple Music TV programming
Yesterday Apple filed for two entertainment-based trademarks in London…
Netflix lands Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’
The talk series, which had previously debuted new episodes on Sony’s ad-supported streaming service Crackle…
Why Apple is making its original TV content push now
Who needs a new Mac Pro when you can have Carpool Karaoke?
Apple looks to become HBO
Apple has finally landed on an ideal strategy to go big in Hollywood…
Apple plans significant new business in producing original television shows and movies
Apple Inc. is planning to build a significant new business in original television shows and movies…
Why Apple should buy Sirius XM and Pandora
Recent news reports that Sirius XM Holdings may have some interest in acquiring the streaming ad and subscription supported music service Pandora Media…
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…
Stick a fork in ’em, Spotify and Pandora are done
Every new industry has a number of similar patterns which occur over time….
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 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…
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon: Apple Music is ‘literally a horrid platform’
Last year, when Apple launched its streaming service Apple Music, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon…
Happy first birthday, Apple Music!
As Apple Music marks its first anniversary, it does so with no free tier, a host of big-name exclusives and…
Apple Music turns one year old, already has half as many paying members as Spotify
Streaming service Spotify leads the on-demand music business today, but it is increasingly facing challenges…
Apple Music accumulating subscribers much more quickly than Spotify or Pandora
When Spotify and Pandora were starting their streaming services many were quick to point out…
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…
Largest shareholder urges beleaguered Pandora to sell the company
Beleaguered Pandora should hire an investment bank to help the company explore its strategic options including a sale….
Spotify dims as Apple Music shines
Apple Music subscriptions have surpassed the 13 million mark, up from the 11 million announced two months ago…
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…
Pandora said to have held talks about selling the company
Pandora Media, the largest Internet radio service, has held discussions about selling the company…
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…
Jim Cramer: Apple should buy Harman, needs revenue streams
Apple needs to come up with revenue streams beyond iPhones during 2016…
Jim Cramer: Apple should buy Harman, Pandora, Fitbit and Verifone
Apple was once known as the stock that couldn’t stop climbing higher, but…
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…
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…
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…
Apple Music takes a huge bite out of Pandora
hares of Pandora Media have been utterly decimated, down by as much as 40% at the low…
Older people are more likely to pay for Apple Music
So far, older listeners are the most likely to stick with Apple Music…
