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Tag: Spotify

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 pm10 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…

U.S. Congress asks Spotify to detail alleged Apple antitrust abuses

Friday, October 4, 2019 1:34 pmNo Comments

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

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 3:09 pm16 Comments

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

Thursday, September 5, 2019 5:46 pmThursday, September 5, 20198 Comments

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

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 1:51 pm2 Comments

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

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 3:27 pmWednesday, July 31, 20192 Comments

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

Thursday, July 25, 2019 3:55 pmThursday, July 25, 2019No Comments

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

Friday, July 19, 2019 11:00 amFriday, July 19, 20198 Comments

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

Friday, July 12, 2019 9:00 amFriday, July 12, 201918 Comments

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

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 8:32 am8 Comments

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

Monday, June 10, 2019 3:29 pmMonday, June 10, 20192 Comments

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

Friday, May 10, 2019 4:43 pm3 Comments

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

Monday, May 6, 2019 8:33 am9 Comments

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

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 1:50 pmTuesday, April 30, 201961 Comments

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

Monday, April 29, 2019 6:31 pm10 Comments

Spotify now has 100 million paying users around the world, the company said…

Sonos speakers enable Apple Music voice control via Amazon’s Alexa

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 4:02 pmWednesday, April 17, 20191 Comment

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

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 9:00 amWednesday, April 10, 20196 Comments

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

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 5:33 pmTuesday, April 9, 20198 Comments

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

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 12:00 pmTuesday, April 9, 20193 Comments

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

Friday, April 5, 2019 3:56 pmFriday, April 5, 2019No Comments

The move comes just weeks after both Spotify and YouTube Music started becoming available in India…

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