Apple Music & Jimmy Kimmel Live partner for 'Up Next' performances & promotion
Apple is reportedly partnering with the ABC show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" for Apple Music's second wave of "Up Next" promotions for emerging artists.
Apple Music
Roger Fingas
The other problem with Apple's content restrictions — creative freedom
Apple is reportedly resistant to sex, violence, and drug-related material in its upcoming content push. AppleInsider looks at why a lack of controversial shows might not be the only problem with Apple's TV approach.
Stephen Silver
Why did Apple spend $400M to acquire Shazam?
Rumors that Apple was seeking to acquire UK firm Shazam Entertainment Ltd. first floated back in December. Following an EU approval process, Apple officially announced it had finalized the purchase on Monday, ostensibly to "provide users even more great ways to discover, experience and enjoy music." That appears to be a major understatement.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Apple Music estimated at 21M North American listeners, converting at 2.5 times rate of Spotify
Apple Music is advancing rapidly against Spotify in terms of paid subscribers, in no small part because of its captive marketing audience, according to an analyst memo shared with AppleInsider on Tuesday.
Apple completes deal for music identification service Shazam
While Apple's full plans for Shazam aren't entirely clear, the company announced on Monday that the deal for the music identification service is complete, and the app will go advertising-free soon.
Mike Wuerthele
Sirius XM to acquire Pandora for $3.5 billion
An all-stock transaction, set to close in early 2019, would create what Sirius calls the "world's largest audio entertainment company."
Apple sticking to family-friendly video efforts to avoid offense from viewers
Apple's original content efforts for its long-rumored video streaming project will consist of programming without excessive violence, sex, or political elements, a new report claims, under the belief that the company stands to lose more from users being offended and not buying Apple devices as a result of what they view.
Malcolm Owen
Streaming services like Apple Music dominate music industry revenue
Apple Music and other paid subscriptions are now the biggest source of revenue in a growing music industry, with streaming alone encompassing 75 percent of money earned, far beyond any other contributor.
As Apple's HomePod reaches multi-million unit sales, is a cheaper version necessary to compete?
A new report took Apple to task for updating HomePod software rather than introducing a cheaper version to compete with Amazon and Google at the bottom of the smart speaker market. However, it also revealed that Apple new product surpassed sales of 3 million devices half way through 2018, with sales accelerating from its first quarter of availability.
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William Gallagher
Mikey Campbell
