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Beleaguered Tidal subscription music service running out of cash, may close next year
Lossless streaming music service Tidal is reported to be running out of cash..
RBC: Apple’s $1 billion TV investment helps company compete with Spotify in near term
Apple Inc.’s $1 billion investment to buy and produce original TV programming pits the technology giant against…
Apple Music helps on-demand audio streaming to hit record high
It’s been an action-packed start to the year, with records broken, chart history made…
Kanye West cuts ties with Tidal as Jay-Z’s latest album pops up on Apple Music
The same day that the Jay-Z album ‘4:44’ exits Tidal exclusivity, Kanye West, one of Tidal’s initial 16 artist-owners…
Critics weigh in on Apple’s ‘Planet of the Apps’ show: ‘Tepid,’ ‘tedious,’ ‘boring and self-indulgent’
Apple first original reality show, Planet of the Apps has opened to terrible reviews from critics…
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 premieres first original series, ‘Planet of the Apps,’ at WWDC
Apple’s Eddy Cue was sold on the concept, which takes viewers into the process of developing a mobile app…
Jay Z’s Tidal music service loses its third CEO in two years
The music-streaming service Tidal is saying goodbye to yet another CEO…
Jimmy Iovine defends Apple Music’s paid-only model, claims free tier would have 400 million listeners by now
Beats co-founder and Apple Music executive Jimmy Iovine raised vocal opposition to the concept of ‘free’ music…
Apple Music may be exclusive platform for unreleased Prince concert film ‘Purple Rain’
One major streaming service will get exclusive rights to one of the late pop star’s unreleased concert films…
Spotify leads call for investigation into ‘troubling’ Apple and Google app store practices
Spotify and a host of European internet businesses have called on Brussels to crack down…
Apple Music is coming to Facebook Messenger
Apple will be introducing an Apple Music chat extension to Facebook Messenger…
Spotify imposes 2-week paywall on new albums in deal with Universal
New albums from some of the world’s most popular recording artists will soon go behind a temporary paywall…
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’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…
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…
Spotify tests lossless streaming; Apple Music next?
Reports suggest that Spotify is A/B testing a new lossless option on some users…
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…
Are the major labels in danger of turning music streaming into an Apple-owned monopoly?
Spotify represents an important piece of our music industry ecosystem, and the system is vulnerable…
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…
How Jimmy Iovine plans to take Apple Music to new heights
When you first sit down with Apple Music chief Jimmy Iovine in the living room of his Holmby Hills home…
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 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…
Apple Music still trails Spotify’s growth rate
Apple may be betting on new products such as Apple Pay, Apple Watch, and Apple Music…
5 acquisitions for Apple to consider in 2017
Apple is a company at a crossroads…
Apple Music surpasses 20 million paid members 17 months after launch
Apple Music officially has more than 20 million paying subscribers…
Why is Apple Music gaining subscribers so quickly?
Apple’s Services revenue rose 24% YoY (year-over-year) in fiscal 4Q16 to $6.3 billion…
Apple mulls major Apple Music price drop, sources say
Apple Music may be preparing for a major price drop…
Amazon challenges Apple, Spotify with new music streaming service starting at $3.99 a month
Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday launched a full-fledged music streaming service with subscriptions…
Jimmy Iovine on Apple Music: ‘The stuff we’re creating I don’t think anyone is gonna see coming’
For music streaming services, which rely on a delicate web of relationships with the artists, publishers, and record labels…
iTunes may be bad, but years and years of it are what’s making Apple Music so good
Playlists, playlists, playlists. Every major music streaming service these days is touting the originality…
