Spotify Now Has 60M Users, 15M Paid Subscribers
Spotify announced this morning that it now has 15 million paid subscribers and 60 million active users worldwide. The milestone comes as Spotify and its competitors jockey for position in. Continue reading
Monster Sues Beats and HTC Over Apple Acquisition
Audio equipment maker Monster has brought legal action against Apple's recently acquired Beats Electronics division and Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC, alleging that both firms conspired to remove Monster from a. Continue reading
The 10 Biggest Bombshells In Music In 2014
By Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Blog We’re almost to the end of the year and it’s always instructive to take a look back at the biggest stories that. Continue reading
Apple, Beats Exec Jimmy Iovine Adds Live Nation Board Director To His Résumé
Jimmy Iovine is extending his already powerful reach to another corner of the music business. Concert and ticketing giant Live Nation has appointed the former lnterscope label boss, Beats Music. Continue reading
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
The “Me” Generation: Why Music Curation Isn’t The Answer
By Michael E. Spinelli, founder of Eventsnype. In a recent interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook dubbed Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre “creative geniuses.” The justification CEO Tim Cook. Continue reading
Tim Cook On Beats Music and Why Apple Paid $3.2 Billion: “I couldn’t sleep that night…”
Guesting on the Charlie Rose show, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared why he wanted Apple to buy Beats, even with it's $3.2 billion price tag. Some of Cook's enthusiasm for. Continue reading
Will Beats Play A Part In Today’s Apple Event? Not In The Way You Might Think
The Apple rumor mill has been in overdrive – iWatches, bigger iPhones and much more have dominated online chatter for weeks. But nothing – or almost nothing – has been. Continue reading
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
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
A Look At The Team Curating Beats Music
New music subscription service Beats Music says that when it launches on January 21st, it will revolutionize the listening experience through expert curation. And while it's inevitable that Beats Music. Continue reading
