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 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

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

Spotify grows to 75M subscribers, earnings disappoint Wall Street

Streaming leader Spotify on Wednesday issued its first earnings report after going public in February, noting a sequential increase in paying subscribers and revenue of $1.36 billion. The performance missed Wall Street expectations.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 16

Proposed EU rules could require Apple to explain App Store rankings, defend take from subscriptions

The European Union on Thursday proposed a new set of laws governing platform holders like Apple, Amazon, and Google, intended to improve transparency and non-discrimination in relation to the smaller businesses that depend on them.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 26

Spotify upgrades iPhone & iPad app with data-saving mode, new options for free listeners

Spotify on Tuesday announced the gradual rollout of a redesigned mobile interface, accompanied by other improvements — with a particular focus on the ad-supported free listeners who make up the majority of the service's audience.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 6

Streaming services like Apple Music, Spotify helping to turn around global record industry

The record industry grew 8.5 percent in 2017, hitting $17.4 billion in revenues — much if not all of that being attributable to on-demand streaming services such as Apple Music.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 3

Apple Music expected to grow 40% annually for next three years, drive Services growth

An analyst predicts that Apple Music's dramatic growth over the next three years will be another major factor driving services revenue upward, but may push down overall margins.

Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 22

Apple Music loses hip-hop and R&B curator to Spotify

The curator responsible for Apple Music's hip-hop and R&B programming is departing for the service's chief rival, Spotify, a report indicated on Monday.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 20

Taylor Swift's Apple Music streaming record crushed by new Cardi B album

Rapper Cardi B's first full-length release, "Invasion of Privacy," reached over 100 million streams in its first week on Apple Music — more than doubling the record for a female artist on the service, previously set by Taylor Swift's "Reputation."

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 9

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Mike Wuerthele 8 years ago 4

Surprise! Spotify now says its Weeknd debut beat out Apple Music

Spotify on Wednesday issued an update regarding streaming figures related to The Weeknd's new album "My Dear Melancholy," saying it beat Apple Music's debut of the same record by 3 million streams.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 29

Apple Music almost doubles new Weeknd song streams versus Spotify

The new EP by pop/R&B singer The Weeknd managed over 26 million streams within 24 hours on Apple Music, Apple said on Tuesday, some 6 million of those belonging to the song "Call Out My Name."

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 8

Spotify, Apple Music responsible for both rebound of music industry and dying physical media sales

Recorded music revenue jumped by double digits last year, thanks to revenue growth from Apple, Spotify and other streaming services, according to a new report from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the music industry's lobbying group

Stephen Silver 8 years ago 22

Spotify testing in-app voice assistant feature, suggests work on smart speaker

Streaming music leader Spotify on Wednesday began testing out a new in-app voice assistant feature that allows users to quickly find songs, albums, playlists, artists and more with a single tap. More interesting are playback controls that suggest potential integration with smart speaker devices.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 2

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