How to listen to Sirius XM free on your Mac or iPhone

SiriusXM is offering free access to its premium streaming service until May 15, giving users the ability to tune in to over 300 channels conveniently from their Mac or iPhone. Here's how to take advantage of the offer.

Amber Neely 5 years ago 0

New Pandora app lets you stream music to Apple Watch & AirPods without iPhone

Pandora now allows listeners to stream music and podcasts on their Apple Watch — without needing an iPhone.

Amber Neely 5 years ago 6

Streaming holdout Tool coming to Apple Music, others on Aug. 2

Progressive metal band Tool has announced that the band's discography will appear on Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, and other streaming services starting Friday, Aug. 2.

Roger Fingas 5 years ago 8

Apple facing class action lawsuit over alleged iTunes & Apple Music data sale

Residents of Rhode Island and Michigan lead the suit, which maintains that Apple profits unjustly by releasing what users play in iTunes and on Apple Music to other companies, and also allowing third-party app developers direct access to what tracks are in users' iTunes library.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 16

Pandora debuts overhauled Mac app with notifications, keyboard shortcuts & Modes

Pandora on Monday released a redesigned 2.0 Mac app for its radio streams and on-demand music, taking advantage of newer tech including station Modes.

Roger Fingas 6 years ago 4

Streaming services like Apple Music poised to control music revenue in 2019

Streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music accounted for 47 percent of all recorded music revenue in 2018, making it likely they'll cross the 50 percent mark this year, according to official industry data.

Roger Fingas 6 years ago 26

Apple breaks with digital music competitors, will not appeal songwriter royalty increase

Major digital music and streaming services Amazon, Google, Pandora and Spotify on Thursday filed separate appeals of a U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling that greatly increases royalty rates paid out to songwriters. Apple is conspicuously absent from the list of appellants.

Mikey Campbell 6 years ago 36

Apple Music, other streaming services helped push US music revenues up to $9.8B in 2018

U.S. record industry revenues grew 12 percent to $9.8 billion during 2018, fueled primarily by paid subscription services such as Apple Music and Spotify Premium, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

Roger Fingas 6 years ago 6

Music on watchOS 5 is a rare misfire for Apple's designers

The Apple Watch is gorgeous, but you're not alone in being confused about how to play music on it. Apple has made it all inconsistent, contradictory and impossible to know at a glance where your music is coming from. AppleInsider has complaints — and a wish list of solutions.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 19

How to play music from your Apple Watch on speakers and wireless headphones

You have to stream music from the Apple Watch to something in order to hear it at all, but Apple makes your choices confusing with mislabeled options and screens that do different things depending on you get to them. Here's how to listen to non-Apple Music choices like Spotify and play them through speakers.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 3

Pandora releases redesigned Apple Watch app with offline playback support

Pandora on Friday pushed out an update to its official iOS app that includes a redesigned Apple Watch accompaniment boasting offline playback support, a much requested feature from users of the music streaming service.

Andrew O'Hara 6 years ago 0

Pandora launches Podcast Genome Project to make personalized recommendations

Launching first in a limited beta, the new podcast-centric Pandora service is intended to introduce listeners to podcasts they might like, with recommendations generated through a similar system to the service's current Music Genome Project that combines algorithms and human curation to offer recommendations.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 0

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."

Stephen Silver 6 years ago 12

Pandora launches $14.99 Premium Family plan to counter Apple Music, Spotify

Pandora has launched a Premium Family plan that provides access to the music streaming service for up to six users priced at $15 per month, equalling the version offered by Apple Music.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 5

Apple Music pulled R. Kelly from curated playlists weeks ago amid abuse allegations, report says

After revelations that music streaming leader Spotify ceased active promotion of R. Kelly songs and playlists as the singer faces assault and sexual misconduct allegations, a report on Friday claims Apple applied similar policies to its Apple Music service weeks ago.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 28

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