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Apple Music pays $163.3M into MLC’s black box of unmatched music royalty payments
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Amazon offers paid plans for its music service starting at $9.99 per month and it is also part of its prime bundle…
U.S. Congress asks Spotify to detail alleged Apple antitrust abuses
U.S. lawmakers have requested information from Apple critic Spotify as part of an antitrust probe…
Amazon Music HD launches with high quality, lossless audio
Earth will be changed forever when Amazon introduces high quality streaming to the masses,” said rock icon Neil Young…
U.S. music revenue surges as streaming subscriptions soar
Revenues are up 18% to $5.4 billion and streaming accounts for 80% of that revenue, according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s mid-year report…
Apple and Spotify are in discussions to let iOS users access Spotify music using Siri
Apple and Spotify are in discussions to let iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users access Spotify music using Siri voice commands…
Spotify reports bigger-than-expected loss, paid subscribers disappoint
Spotify Technology SA’s lighter-than-expected number of new paid subscribers drove shares as much as 5% lower…
Oliver Schusser, Apple Music’s new leader spurs global growth
In April 2018, Apple announced the promotion of Oliver Schusser to lead Apple Music Worldwide….
Amazon is quietly becoming a threat to Spotify and Apple Music
Spotify finished last quarter with 100 million paid subscribers, Apple hit 60 million paid subscribers earlier this year…
Amazon Music Unlimited gaining subscribers faster than Spotify and Apple
Under the radar it looks like Amazon is becoming a major competitor in the streaming music wars…
Apple: We collect fees on less than 1% of Spotify users
Music streaming service Spotify Technology SA pays Apple Inc a 15% fee on about 680,000 of its 100 million premium customers…
With Apple’s new audio features in watchOS 6, it’s time for Spotify to ship or shut up
In watchOS 5, Apple offered streaming on Apple Podcasts and Apple Music, but it left out the ability for third-party developers to access it…
Why I switched from Spotify to Apple Music
I strongly suspect this is a scheme to make the music industry happy, but it’s user-hostile..
EU to launch investigation into Apple’s App Store over Spotify’s competition claims
The EU will launch a formal antitrust investigation into Apple in the next few weeks…
Expensive NBC? If Apple’s serious with Apple TV+, it needs to shed the ‘clean’ image
If it’s true that Apple is aiming for ‘family-friendly’ material across most of its Apple TV+ shows…
Spotify reaches 100 million subscribers worldwide, still losing money
Spotify now has 100 million paying users around the world, the company said…
Sonos speakers enable Apple Music voice control via Amazon’s Alexa
Owners of Sonos speakers in the U.S. and U.K. can now use Alexa voice controls for Apple Music…
Prince Harry partners with Oprah Winfrey to create Apple TV+ documentary series
The Duke of Sussex is to partner with Oprah Winfrey on a new TV series…
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…
Innovation isn’t required for Apple TV+ to become a big hit
When Apple announced its new TV+ service, they trotted out a parade of celebrities from Steven Spielberg to Jason Momoa…
Apple cuts Apple Music subscription rate in India
The move comes just weeks after both Spotify and YouTube Music started becoming available in India…
