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Recode: Tidal Has 'Much Less Less To Offer' Apple Than Beats Did
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 10:28am | 413The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is engaged in talks to acquire Jay Z's streaming music platform, Tidal. The report was also confirmed by Recode, which took a deep dive into a potential acquisition and what it would mean for the entire streaming music space. Related...
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Apple May Be Interested In Jay Z's Tidal, But Sources Say It Won't Happen
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 8:43am | 308Spotify, the popular streaming music platform, boasts 100 million subscribers, nearly twice as many paid subscribers as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) can claim for its Apple Music platform. Apple is in dire need of playing catch-up, which might explain why the company is looking to acquire Tidal, a...
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The Battle Between Spotify And Apple Heats Up
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 4:26pm | 233Spotify is accusing Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) of anti-competitive behavior after rejecting the latest update to Spotify's iOS app, according to a recent MacRumors piece. In a letter sent by Spotify's general counsel to Apple's top lawyer, the former stated that the latter is causing "grave harm to...
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Elizabeth Warren: Apple, Google And Amazon Threaten Our Democracy
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 10:49am | 318Elizabeth Warren's name has been thrown around as a potential running mate to Hillary Clinton. However, Warren's name made the headlines on Thursday for a different reason as she attacked Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) for...
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Spotify Hits 100 Million Subscribers, Twice As Many Paid Subscribers As Apple Music
Monday, June 20, 2016 - 3:07pm | 256How is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s streaming music service holding up to its peers such as Spotify? The answer could be disappointing to Apple shareholders who had hoped Apple Music would be a meaningful driver of growth. Spotify told The Telegraph that it now counts 100 million monthly...
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Napster Is Back (By Name, At Least)
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 12:45pm | 275Napster is back... sort of. The infamous peer-to-peer file sharing service was all the rage in the late 1990s. However, the company was riddled with legal battles and forced to shut down in 2001. The company went on to transition itself as a legitimate online music store and was eventually...
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Is Apple Pivoting Into A Subscription Software Company?
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 11:38am | 259Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is trying to make a big change to its business model to make up for a saturating iPhone market. According to Global Equities Research’s Trip Chowdhry, that transition involves creating a unique ecosystem for each of the company’s devices. “Apple is...
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Apple Music Hits 15 Million Paid Subs, To Get New Look
Monday, June 13, 2016 - 3:55pm | 226Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off on Monday afternoon On top of an upgraded Siri , a new macOS and the arrival of Apple Pay to the Web, the tech behemoth announced Apple Music counts 15 million paid subscribers and would be revamped with a “new...
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Brian White Reiterates Apple As Top Pick Ahead Of WWDC, Previews Event
Sunday, June 12, 2016 - 2:39pm | 325Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place next week in San Francisco. Ahead of the event, Drexel Hamilton’s Brian J. White reiterated a Buy rating and $185 price target on shares of the tech behemoth, and shared the firm’s expectations for the...
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Should Apple Music Be Afraid Of Spotify's New Hire?
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 11:11am | 266Spotify, the popular on-demand music streaming app, just hired Lady Gaga's former manager, Troy Carter. The question investors are now asking is if Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) should be worried, as the company struggles to gain market share in the rapidly growing and lucrative streaming music segment...
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This Analyst Is Uber-Bearish On Apple, Warns Of Desperation
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 1:26pm | 276Ian Winer of Wedbush Securities was a guest on CNBC to discuss why he's still urging investors to "stay short" Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s stock. According to Winer, Apple once had an "edge on everything" but bulls are now scrambling to change their thesis on Apple...
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Why Is Your iTunes Music Disappearing?
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 11:20am | 286Is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) beginning to kill off iTunes? For some users experiencing difficulties in retrieving their downloaded albums, this may be the first sign of what is to come. Digital Music News, citing industry sources that hold "close and active business relationships with...
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People Are Going Crazy Over Apple's Taylor Swift Dance Party Commercial
Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 11:23am | 343Taylor Swift's association with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) continues as she released a new commercial for Apple Music by dancing to "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" by The Darkness. Swift tweeted the new ad, which has the tagline "Dance like no one's watching," and...
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Did Apple Steal This Artist's Music?
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 8:19am | 351According to a Vellum blog post by James Pinkstone, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) now deletes music files off of Apple Music customers’ hard drives. When users sign up for Apple Music, Apple scans their computers for music files, looks for matches in its database, then deletes the files from...
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2 Pros Discuss Potential Changes To Apple Music
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 1:03pm | 289According to market reports, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to implement "sweeping changes" to its music streaming service. Few details are yet known, but Jessica Lessin of The Information and Mike Isaac, a tech reporter for the New York Times shared their views on CNBC's "Squawk Alley." Lessin...