Latest Apple Music News

Warner Music Group sells Spotify stake worth over $500 million

Warner Music Group's sale of a large Spotify stake is not out of lack of confidence in the business model, but rather because the music company doesn't want to hold equity long term, said the media company's CEO.

Stephen Silver 7 years ago 19

Cook says Apple not in music streaming for the money, touts human content curation

Apple CEO Tim Cook recently sat down to discuss Apple Music and its place in the burgeoning music streaming world, once again touting the service's human content curation as a key benefit over competitors like Spotify.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 87

Apple Music ramps up social focus with new 'Friends Mix,' rolling out now

Apple has begun introducing a "Friends Mix" on Apple Music, looking to ramp up the significance of the social features it introduced with iOS 11.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 1

Everything new in iOS 12 beta 5 [u]

Earlier on Monday, Apple released the fifth beta of iOS 12 to developers. AppleInsider has been digging through this most recent release and we have assembled a long list of everything that has changed this time around.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 12

Apple Music's 'Carpool Karaoke: The Series' nominated for Emmy Award

Though lacking critical and audience acclaim, Apple Music's "Carpool Karaoke" is turning a few industry heads, as the series is up for a prestigious television award.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 5

Drake's Scorpion sets streaming records and tops Billboard 200 under new stream weighting rules

Scorpion, the fifth album from musician Drake, has become the first album to achieve 1 billion streams globally in a single week, a feat that aided the artist in reaching the top of the Billboard 200 album chart in the same week as the chart altered how streams are weighted in results.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 9

Apple Music overtakes Spotify in U.S. subscriber counts

Apple Music has pulled ahead of Spotify in the U.S. market, a major music distributor claims, with Apple's streaming service said to have overtaken its main rival in terms of the number of paid subscribers from the United States.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 56

Here are all of the executive hires for Apple's worldwide video division

To get the ball rolling on its original TV programming, Apple has recruited a number of executives to run things behind the scenes. Here's a running tally of the managerial additions we know about so far.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 7

Drake's Scorpion on Apple Music crushes Spotify in streaming

Scorpion, Drake's fifth album, has smashed through his own single-day streaming record on Apple Music with more than 170 million streams in its first 24 hours. Spotify reportedly only reached about 76 percent of that traffic, despite claiming 120 million more users.

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 67

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