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Apple Seals $3 Billion Deal to Acquire Beats Music and Electronics
Apple has sealed a $3 billion deal to acquire the Beats Music streaming service and Beats Electronics audio gear business founded by Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre. The deal marks the largest acquisition in...
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Apple Completes $3 Billion Beats Deal
Beats Electronics and Beats Music is now officially part of Apple. In a “Welcome to the family” post on its website Friday, Apple said that the $3 billion has officially closed. “Today we are excited...
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Beats Music Revisits Spike Lee’s ‘Do the Right Thing’ With Documentary
After producing a popular short film featuring soccer stars and other celebrities timed with the World Cup, Beats Music is flexing its marketing muscle in yet another interesting way, this time with a...
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Norway’s Streaming Service Wimp Will be Sound Investment for Audiophiles
Are you willing to pay twice as much for your music streaming service to get kick-ass sound? That’s the question being asked by Scandinavian company Wimp, which is launching a new streaming service,...
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Report: Apple Plans to Shutter Beats Music Brand
The Beats Music brand could be singing its last tune. According to a report published by TechCrunch, Apple has begun to wind down the streaming music service that it acquired in May, with many of its...
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Apple’s Streaming Music Service Could Come Next Week
Apple is getting ready to announce its answer to Spotify at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco next week, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Much like its competitor,...
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Apple Music Won’t Work With Your Sonos Speakers At Launch
Don’t expect to listen to Apple’s new music service through your Sonos speakers when it launches later this month: Apple Music subscription speakers won’t work with internet-connected loudspeakers from...
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Apple’s Music Streaming Service Has a Few Good Ideas, But Are They Enough?
Give Jimmy Iovine credit: He’s trying to solve the music business’s problems. Although you wonder what team he’s on. People don’t know where to go; Iovine’s squad built a place. But it’s mostly a...
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Former Beats Music CEO Ian Rogers Is Leaving Apple
Apple is losing one of the masterminds behinds its Apple Music subscription service: Ian Rogers, who served as Beats Music’s CEO until it got acquired by Apple, is leaving the company. The news of...
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Apple to Close Down Beats Music In Two Weeks
Beats Music is finally closing down: The Apple-owned music subscription service will cease operations on Nov. 30. Users were informed of the deadline with a post on the Beats Music support website,...
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