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Tag: Spotify

Apple Music’s Spatial Audio is a huge advantage over Spotify

Tuesday, February 14, 2023 11:38 amNo Comments

Spatial Audio, a revolutionary feature that Apple Music launched in June 2021, provides a more immersive listening experience for its users…

Apple to begin collecting Chicago’s ‘Netflix tax’ this September

Wednesday, August 17, 2022 5:20 pmWednesday, August 17, 202224 Comments

Apple will begin collecting taxes on Apple TV+ subscribers in Chicago as part of its settlement relating to the city’s 2015 “Netflix Tax.”

EU reportedly likely to beef up Apple probe with new ‘evidence,’ but no new charges

Wednesday, July 20, 2022 12:01 pmNo Comments

EU antitrust regulators are set to bolster their investigation into Apple, triggered by Spotify, with additional “evidence,” but not new…

Apple said to face extra EU antitrust charge in music streaming probe

Monday, April 11, 2022 8:51 am3 Comments

Apple faces an additional EU antitrust charge in the coming weeks over Apple Music in an investigation triggered by a complaint from Spotify…

Rumble offers Joe Rogan $100 million to dump Spotify over censorship

Monday, February 7, 2022 5:16 pmMonday, February 7, 202262 Comments

Top podcaster Joe Rogan was offered $100 million on Monday by video sharing platform Rumble. Chris Pavlovski, the CEO of the…

How to upgrade from Spotify to Apple Music and transfer your Spotify playlists

Wednesday, February 2, 2022 9:47 amWednesday, February 2, 202211 Comments

Apple Music has more tracks than Spotify (over 90 million vs. 70 million) in better quality (Apple Music’s library is lossless and offers…

Apple tells U.S. senators that tech bills will threaten privacy and security

Wednesday, January 19, 2022 2:44 pmWednesday, January 19, 20225 Comments

Apple warned U.S. senators Tuesday that proposed bipartisan antitrust legislation aimed at curbing the power of big technology companies…

Apple CEO Tim Cook personally lobbying against the American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Tuesday, January 18, 2022 2:27 pm5 Comments

The lobbying effort by Big Tech companies, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, who is personally lobbying against the legislation, is picking up…

Music CD sales increased in 2021 for the first time in 17 years

Friday, January 7, 2022 2:30 pm14 Comments

Sales of music CDs increased from 40.16 million units in 2020 to 40.59 million in 2021, according to a yearly report from music data…

Spotify HiFi is still M.I.A. while Apple Music subscribers enjoy Lossless Audio for free

Thursday, December 23, 2021 3:00 pm10 Comments

Apple Music delivered industry-leading sound quality to subscribers with the addition of high quality Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio with…

Apple’s stock heads toward record after concessions for Netflix, Spotify, other ‘reader’ apps

Thursday, September 2, 2021 3:23 pmNo Comments

Apple shares were poised to close at a record high Thursday after the most valuable U.S. company announced it will let Spotify, Netflix…

Spotify says Apple’s App Store settlement is not enough

Friday, August 27, 2021 5:01 pm6 Comments

Swedish music streaming platform Spotify said on Friday that Apple’s App Store settlement does not address the…

European consumer group joins EU antitrust case against Apple

Wednesday, June 2, 2021 1:15 pmWednesday, June 2, 202110 Comments

On Wednesday, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) lobby group on Wednesday backed the European Union’s antitrust case against Apple …

Gene Munster: Podcasts are Apple’s hobby, Spotify’s career

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 1:48 pm1 Comment

Apple in April unveiled Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, a global marketplace for listeners to discover premium subscriptions offered by…

EU accuses Apple of distorting competition in the music streaming market

Friday, April 30, 2021 9:26 amFriday, April 30, 202110 Comments

Siding with Spotify in a case that could lead to a large fine and changes in Apple’s App Store business practices, EU regulators accused …

Apple faces EU antitrust complaint over Spotify as soon as this week

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 12:46 pmNo Comments

Apple faces a European Union antitrust complaint as soon as this week, escalating a probe into Spotify Technology SA’s allegations that App…

Spotify jacks up prices for many of its music subscription plans

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 10:14 amNo Comments

Spotify is jacking up the prices of many of its music subscription plans this week in the U.K, and across parts of Europe, with the U.S…

At U.S. Senate hearing, Spotify, Match claim Apple is abusing power in App Store

Wednesday, April 21, 2021 5:08 pm27 Comments

Executives from Spotify and Match Group, the company behind dating app Tinder, testified Wednesday at a Senate hearing examining potentially…

Apple Music pays artists double what Spotify pays

Friday, April 16, 2021 12:04 pmFriday, April 16, 20214 Comments

Apple’s said it pays music rights holders a penny per Apple Music stream, “roughly double” Spotify’s rate, according to an Apple…

EU antitrust regulators said ready with Apple charges on Spotify complaint

Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:37 pmThursday, March 4, 20212 Comments

EU antitrust regulators are finalizing a charge sheet against Apple triggered by a complaint by Swedish music streaming service Spotify …

Apple Music pays $163.3M into MLC’s black box of unmatched music royalty payments

Tuesday, February 16, 2021 11:25 pmTuesday, February 16, 20215 Comments

The MLC announced today that it has received a total of $424,384,787, $163,338,890 of which was paid by Apple Music, in accrued…

Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and YouTube found recently hosting racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic music

Friday, October 23, 2020 11:26 am21 Comments

Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and Deezer have now removed racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic content from their services…

Apple Music took 21% share in paid music subscription market in Q220

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 2:51 pmWednesday, October 7, 20203 Comments

Apple Music took 21% share in paid music subscription market in Q220, Counterpoint research finds. Global online music streaming…

Bloomberg Editorial Board: Apple’s App Store isn’t evil

Thursday, September 24, 2020 4:35 pmThursday, September 24, 202027 Comments

Apple’s App Store isn’t evil, the headline above a Bloomberg News Editorial states flatly, as Apple squares off in court with Epic Games…

Spotify, Epic Games, others launch coalition to protest Apple’s App Store fees, rules

Thursday, September 24, 2020 9:56 am17 Comments

Spotify, Epic Games, Match Group Inc, and 10 other companies and organizations launched a coalition to push Apple to change their App Store …

Spotify falls after Apple launches new Apple One bundle

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 5:24 pm12 Comments

Apple on Tuesday unveiled Apple One, the ultimate collection of Apple services for one low monthly price. Spotify, as usual, isn’t happy…

Analyst: Apple Music growing 2.5 times faster than Spotify

Friday, September 4, 2020 1:13 pm1 Comment

Apple’s five-year-old Apple Music, already No.1 in America, the No.1 music market, is gaining on fifteen-year-old Spotify which…

Behind-the-scenes battle between Apple and Spotify revealed

Monday, August 3, 2020 3:36 pm9 Comments

The behind-the-scenes battle between Apple and Spotify was revealed last Wednesday when Apple CEO Tim Cook, as well as the heads of Amazon, Facebook…

Apple Music on iOS 14 surpasses Spotify, becomes ‘the ultimate music streaming service’

Monday, July 27, 2020 1:21 pm8 Comments

Apple Music on iOS 14 brings over the best of what Spotify offers my opinion, making it the ultimate music streaming service…

Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ sets new streaming record

Monday, July 27, 2020 12:54 pm5 Comments

Taylor Swift’s new “Folklore” album has surpassed 1.3 million global sales in its first twenty-four hours, according to her Republic Records label…

HomePod beta 2 lets users choose third-party Music, Podcast, Audiobook services

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 2:36 pm1 Comment

Apple has provided HomePod beta software to a selection of AppleSeed testers, and today released a second version of the ‌HomePod‌ update…

Apple’s App Store, Apple Pay targeted by EU antitrust regulators

Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:17 amTuesday, June 16, 202012 Comments

On Tuesday, Apple found itself the target of two EU antitrust investigations into its App Store and Apple Pay.The European Commission said…

Apple ramps up push into original podcasts

Thursday, May 21, 2020 4:15 pm2 Comments

Apple is ramping up its push into original podcasts by seeking an executive to lead the nascent initiative and tasked with buying shows that would be…

In blow to YouTube, Joe Rogan’s podcast will become a Spotify exclusive

Tuesday, May 19, 2020 5:15 pmWednesday, May 20, 202011 Comments

“The Joe Rogan Experience” will soon become a Spotify exclusive, meaning episodes’ full audio and video will only be available through the platform…

Sonos cofounder calls out Spotify CEO Daniel Ek over Apple criticism

Thursday, May 7, 2020 11:38 am5 Comments

The cofounder of smart speaker firm Sonos called out Spotify’s billionaire CEO Daniel Ek over his remarks on Apple’s closed ecosystem. Ek said Apple…

Apple Music hit 68 million paid subscribers worldwide at end of 2019

Tuesday, April 7, 2020 3:21 pm1 Comment

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…

Apple Music is catching up with Spotify in global subscribers

Saturday, April 4, 2020 11:03 amSaturday, April 4, 20202 Comments

Apple Music is catching up with Spotify in global subscribers new research shows. Apple Music’s subscription bas grew 36% year-over-year to grab…

Spotify hits 124 million subscribers, but reports loss of $231 million

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 9:31 amWednesday, February 5, 20209 Comments

Spotify hit 124 million subscribers at the end of 2019, up 29% from the previous year, the company reported Wednesday. However, tempering that…

Amazon Music subscribers surpass 55 million globally

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 11:46 pm2 Comments

Amazon said on Wednesday that its music streaming service had over 55 million subscribers globally with subscriptions to Amazon Music Unlimited growing …

U.S. music streams surpass one trillion milestone in 2019

Thursday, January 9, 2020 9:13 pm1 Comment

On-demand streams grew were up 24.8 percent from 2018 to 1.01 trillion. Streaming on services like Apple Music saw the biggest boot, as on demand audio streams grew 32 percent to 706 billion…

Jimmy Iovine on what’s wrong with music streaming

Friday, January 3, 2020 3:45 pmFriday, January 3, 202017 Comments

In a series of conversations in December, Iovine spoke about his career transition from the studio to the halls of Cupertino…

Amazon takes on Spotify with new ad-supported free music streaming service

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 8:59 am1 Comment

Amazon offers paid plans for its music service starting at $9.99 per month and it is also part of its prime bundle…

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