UPDATE: Apple To Rebrand Beats Music

UPDATE 3: New reports confirm our initial conclusion: Apple may be rebranding Beats Music as part of a new iTunes music service, but it is not shutting it down. In. Continue reading

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Beats Music’s Best Move: Exclusive Music Releases Beginning With Jay Z

The issue of how a music service like Beats Music can distinguish itself is a tough one. Unless you buy into their playlists being something special as compared to all. Continue reading

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Best of Recent Apple/Beats Coverage In The Absence Of Actual Merger Activity

Apple and Beats are, of course, continuing with their respective businesses with a lot of merger activity ahead. But since the Apple/Beats combo is such big news we're all going. Continue reading

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50 Cent’s Wireless Workout Headphones Fight Sweat

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Beats by Dre is one of the electronics biggest success stories of the past decade. When conventional wisdom dictated that nobody cared about sound. Continue reading

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Beats Music Is Here: The Full Launch Press Release

Beats, the new streaming music service founded by Interscope chief Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre, Luke Wood, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and Ian Rogers, will launch January 21st. (Launch details here.) Built. Continue reading

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Beats Music To Launch January 21 with AT&T, Target But No Free Tier

UPDATED: Beats Music, the streaming music service founded by Interscope chief Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre, Luke Wood, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and Ian Rogers, will launch January 21st, according to an. Continue reading

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Why You Won’t See Beats Music, Pono or YouTube Music Till Next Year

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. It’s one thing to see what on-demand music services and stores Spotify, Rdio, Amazon, iTunes, and the rest are doing to help people collect. Continue reading

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Music Publishing Weekly Roundup: Pandora Abandons IRFA, Beats Music to Launch in January

Pandora has officially abandoned the Internet Radio Fairness Act – a piece of legislation that would have effectively reduced the royalty rates it pays to songwriters and publishers, as well. Continue reading

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Beats Names IKEA Exec Matthew Costello As COO

(UPDATED) Beats,  the audio brand and soon to launch streaming music service co-founded by Dr. Dre and record exec Jimmy Iovine, has appointed Matthew Costello as Chief Operating Officer. Separately, Beats. Continue reading

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UPDATED: Beats Buys Back HTC Shares For $265M, As Carlyle Group Invests $500M

UPDATE:  The new Carlyle Group investment totals $500 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. No announcement was made of the stake the investment group gets in return, but it's. Continue reading

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