Spotify is racing to sign up users before Apple Music can, even at the expense of its finances. Spotify’s second quarter as a public company saw mixed performance compared to estimate as it reached 83 million paid subscribers, up 40 percent year-over-year and up 8 million from its 75 million count last quarter. Spotify now […]
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Apple Music has reportedly overtaken Spotify in U.S. subscribers
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Apple Music has reportedly surpassed Spotify in total number of U.S. subscribers.
According to an anonymous “major distributor” speaking to Digital Music News, Apple’s streaming service has surpassed Spotify’s total number of U.S. subscribers. Both services are hovering around 20 million paid users in the U.S., but Apple Music has recently pulled ahead by a small margin, according to the industry source.
The source shared a report with Digital Music News detailing the total number of U.S. subscribers across several streaming music services including Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, and Sirius XM. The story claims that Apple Music now ranks first in the U.S. among on-demand streaming services. Read more…
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Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ destroyed major Apple Music and Spotify streaming records
It’s been a big week for Drake.
First the artist confirmed on multiple tracks off his album Scorpion that he is indeed a father. Now, one day after the new album’s Friday launch, we’ve also learned that Scorpion broke a big streaming record: It…
Apple could bundle TV, music and news in a single subscription
According to a report from The Information, Apple could choose to bundle all its media offerings into a single subscription. While Apple’s main media subscription product is currently Apple Music, it’s no secret that the company is investing in other areas. In particular, Apple has bought the distribution rights of many TV shows. But nobody […]
View More Apple could bundle TV, music and news in a single subscriptionApple may offer subscription bundles — and they sound a lot like Amazon Prime
Apple is considering a sole subscription bundle for its TV, music, and online magazine services, if a new report in the Information is to be believed.
And if that kind of reminds you of Amazon Prime, well, that’s because it seems pretty s…
The Sonos Beam is the soundbar evolved
Sonos has always gone its own way. The speaker manufacturer dedicated itself to network-connected speakers before there were home networks and they sold a tablet-like remote control before there were tablets. Their surround sound systems install quickly and run seamlessly. You can buy a few speakers, tap a few buttons, and have 5.1 sound in […]
View More The Sonos Beam is the soundbar evolvedYouTube rolls its music subscription services into 12 more markets
YouTube has rolled out its music streaming service to a bunch more international markets, adding 12 new countries today, and also launching the premium music video version of the service across the full 17 markets. In February CEO YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki discussed the company’s ambitious expansion plans for the service, saying it was intending to expand […]
View More YouTube rolls its music subscription services into 12 more marketsApple Music web player leaks ahead of WWDC
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Apple is expected to announce a lot of new software at its WWDC keynote today — iOS 12, macOS 10.14, and watchOS 5 — but one announcement might have slipped out early.
Ahead of Apple’s developer conference, a Reddit user has discovered what appears to be a web player for Apple Music for desktop. Currently, the only way to access Apple Music on a Mac or PC is through iTunes.
Could this be beginning of the end for Apple’s most bloated and arguably most disliked piece of software?
The discovery was made after the user noticed Apple had updated the Apple Music tools website with a new “sign in” feature that lets users play complete songs, albums, and playlists, as opposed to just short previews. Read more…
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Kanye skips Tidal exclusivity, drops new album on Spotify and Apple Music
Back in 2016, Kanye West announced that his latest album be available exclusively on Tidal. This morning, its follow up, the simply titled ye, arrived on that service, Spotify and Apple Music all at the same time. The move is a blow for the artist-owned music streaming service, which has amassed much of its fanbase […]
View More Kanye skips Tidal exclusivity, drops new album on Spotify and Apple MusicYouTube revamps its Red subscription service to offer standalone music streaming
Like Google’s messaging focus, YouTube’s efforts to spin out successful streaming and music products has felt confusing and haphazard. Now the company is simplifying and consolidating that play by decoupling the music and film components with the launch of a new service. YouTube Music is, as the name suggests, a music streaming service that will […]
View More YouTube revamps its Red subscription service to offer standalone music streamingApple Music hits 40 million subscribers as it accelerates towards surpassing Spotify
Apple Music is continuing its upward climb in subscriber count, quickening its pace as it seeks to overtake Spotify in the battle for users’ ears. The music streaming service now has 40 million subscribers, according to a report today from Variety. Apple has confirmed this number to TechCrunch. The service still has a ways to go before […]
View More Apple Music hits 40 million subscribers as it accelerates towards surpassing SpotifyHow Apple’s helping to fight HIV and AIDS with red iPhone 8’s
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Apple’s new red-colored iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are more than just a bright new shade to match your outfit. The new iPhones are part of (Product)RED, and a portion of every sale goes directly to the non-profit, The Global Fund, to help fight HIV and AIDS.
Since it partnered up with (RED) in 2006, Apple has contributed over $160 million to the Global Fund — $30 million of which was added last year after launching the (Product)Red iPhone 7 and 7 Plus — making the tech giant the largest contributor to the Global Fund.
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$160 million is a drop in the bucket compared to Apple’s near $1 trillion valuation, but it’s more than the total amount the governments of Greece, Hungary, Iceland, New Zealand, and Switzerland have given combined, (RED)’s CEO Deborah Dugan tells me. Read more…
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