Apple bought Beats, but it isn’t buying headphones and it isn’t buying…
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Jimmy Iovine brings his own brand of ‘reality distortion field’ to Apple
It had been only four hours since Jimmy Iovine had agreed to sell Beats…
JPMorgan: Apple may spin-off Beats Electronics business
JPMorgan believes Apple acquired an ‘innovative service’ in Beats Music…
Apple CEO Cook: Beats deal a ‘no-brainer’
The Beats brand will remain separate from Apple’s…
Tim Cook’s internal memo to Apple employees regarding Beats acquisition
This afternoon we announced that Apple is acquiring Beats Music and Beats Electronics…
It’s official: Apple acquires Beats Music and Beats Electronics for $3 billion
Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will join Apple…
Apple’s 800+ million iTunes Store users’ spending down 24%; Time for iTunes for Android?
Solutions: Streaming music, mobile payments, iWatch… and iTunes for Android?
Apple reportedly cuts $200 million off Beats purchase price
Apple’s biggest deal in its history just got a little cheaper…
Can Apple win over a music industry burned by Pandora?
Bette Midler is angry, and you won’t like Bette Midler when she’s angry…
Why the Apple-Beats deal may be dead
The basic problem with evaluating Beats as an investment for Apple…
Has Dr. Dre’s drunken boast cost his company $3.2 billion?
Apple was not at all happy about a video posted by…
Beats music service sued by former executive amid possible sale to Apple
Beats Electronics, which is close to being sold to Apple Inc…
Apple might buy Beats Electronics with foreign cash, effectively paying much less than $3.2 billion
Apple might not be overpaying for Beats Electronics after all…
70% chance Apple’s Beats deal is happening and, if so, it’s a Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine acquihire, says source
A well-placed source has confirmed rumors that Apple’s acquisition of Beats…
Spotify CEO: ‘I’ve always assumed Apple would offer a streaming service’
On Wednesday Spotify revealed it now has ten million paying subscribers…
Spotify hits 10 million global subscribers
We’ve had an amazing year, growing from 20 markets to 56 as people from around the world…
Pandora CFO: We can extend our lead in online music
Pandora Media Inc can continue to dominate in Web-based music…
As MacDailyNews already posited, Walter Isaacson thinks maybe Jimmy Iovine will run Apple’s content business
Apple is reportedly acquiring Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion…
Apple strikes a new chord in the future of music with Beats acquisition
The pressure is on for Apple to get its act together on streaming…
The numbers that make the Apple-Beats deal look smart
Why does Apple want to acquire Beats?
With Beats, Apple can succeed where Pandora has failed
An Apple/Beats combo could be more than ready to seize the opportunity Pandora leaves on the table…
Possible Apple-Beats deal cheered by Rhapsody
This could be a big year for Seattle streaming music pioneer Rhapsody…
9 possible endgames for the Apple-Beats deal
As we wait for the final outcome of the Beats-Apple situation…
Apple’s $3.2 billion Beats acquisition may not be finalized until next week
Apple’s planned deal to buy Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion…
Monster CEO sounds a little bitter over Apple’s planned $3.2 billion Beats acquisition
Monster founder and CEO Neol Lee has spoken out on Apple’s proposed $3.2 billion takeover…
Talk of Beats Electronic purchase sparks rumors of Apple acquiring Sirius XM
Sirius is feeling effects from Apple’s rumored $3.2 billion deal for Beats Electronics…
Two reasons why Apple shouldn’t buy Beats
It’s difficult to determine whether this is a good deal for Apple and its investors
Ben Thompson on possible Beats buy: Is Apple losing what makes Apple, Apple?
If you look back over the history of technology, there have been four epochs…
Nolan Bushnell: Beats is a ‘good deal for Apple,’ but it says Apple is ‘not an innovative tech company’
Post-Steve Jobs, it is just a different kind of company…
Beats Music is actually so good that I’m worried about Apple ruining it
Apple: please don’t ruin Beats Music…
Apple could become most powerful record label in the world with Dr Dre, Jimmy Iovine onboard
This won’t be the first time someone suggested Apple could start its own record label…
Bob Lefsetz on Apple-Beats deal: Tim Cook is an operations guy, he’s clueless, and the company has no vision
You’d think something important had happened…
Apple CEO Tim Cook makes break from managerial style of Steve Jobs
Cook became chief executive in late August 2011, roughly six weeks before Jobs died…
Analyst Sacconaghi on Apple buying Beats: ‘We struggle with the rationale for this deal’
Apple Inc. potentially dropping $3.2 billion for the high-end headphone maker Beats Electronics…
Cody Willard: Apple’s Beats buy is just stupid
Beats headphones are not exactly most audiophile’s dream headphones…
Apple may unveil Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre executive appointments at WWDC
Apple could unveil Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre as its latest recruits next month…
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s pursuit of Beats seen presaging more takeovers
Tim Cook is making a habit of breaking with Apple Inc.’s past…
Former eMusic CEO explains why Apple wants to buy Beats
ormer eMusic CEO Adam Klein discusses the online music business…
Apple’s deep ties with Jimmy Iovine key driver of Beats deal
The seemingly odd cultural fit between the world’s most valuable company and a celebrity-fronted Santa Monica…
Removal of Dr. Dre video about Apple-Beats deal likely means acquisition is real and imminent
There’s been much excitement about the idea that Apple is going to purchase Beats…
Game changer: Apple buying Beats could radically transform the digital music business
There are still many unknowns about Apple’s reported acquisition of Beats…
Jimmy Iovine in talks to join Apple as a ‘special adviser’ to Tim Cook, sources say
Beats Electronics boss and veteran music industry executive Jimmy Iovine…
