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Are music streaming services really as bad as some artists paint them out to be? Are music streaming services really as bad as some artists paint them out to be? In the past, some of the industry's biggest names - from Taylor Swift and AC/DC to Adele and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke - have called out the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal for the paltry royalties they hand out to artists. -
Taylor Swift, Zane Lowe Talk About Apple Music Documentary, '1989' and World Domination: WATCH
Taylor Swift has had an incredible 2015 to say the least, but it's not over quite yet. In her most recent announcement, which happened to be her birthday gift to her fans, Swift broke the news that her entire 1989 World Tour had been chronichled and would be turned into a documentary featuring backstage rehearsals, interviews behind the scenes footage and more - all released through Apple Music on Dec. 20. -
Pandora CFO Mike Herring Says "Steve Jobs Eviscerated The Music Industry"
On an investor's conference call on Thursday, Pandora Chief Financial Officer Mike Herring opened up about the company's plans for future royalty rates, why Rdio failed and took shots at Apple Music saying, "Steve Jobs eviscerated the music industry." -
Jimmy Iovine Apologizes For Saying Finding Music Is Very Difficult For Women
Apple Music's Jimmy Iovine finds himself in hot water after making some remarkable comments yesterday in an interview alongside Mary J. Blige on CBS This Morning. Discussing the streaming service's new campaign targeted women, Iovine showed his age with a hint of demeaning sexism by saying that women "find it very difficult to find music." In response to the uproar of his comments, Iovine has backtracked and apologized. -
Apple Music's Android App Doesn't Fix its Biggest Problem
In order to compete in a crowded music streaming market, Apple had to make an Android app for its latest music service and while it's clean and functional just like the iOS app, it doesn't do much to fix some of the key issues it had at launch four months ago. -
Share Apple Music and Spotify Clips to Facebook With New Music Stories Feature for iPhone
Today, Facebook launched a new feature called Music Stories for its iPhone app, which allows users to share Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes songs to their news feeds and preview the posted song natively on the social network. -
YouTube Red Subscription Video Service Takes on Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal
In the often talked about battle of music subscription services, three big players are most frequently talked about. Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal lead the pack and the discussions. However, what is usually left out of that conversation is the fact that with more than 1 billion users, YouTube trumps them all in terms of numbers, and today the video service announced the rollout of a new subscription model dubbed YouTube Red, which the company hopes will bring more money to content creators, more videos and more viewership. -
Apple Music Confirms They Have 3 Times Less Subscribers Than Spotify
Although Apple launched itself into the world of music streaming back in June with their new platform Apple Music, Spotify remains the current frontrunner with nearly 3 times as many paid subscribers. Will Apple Music survive in this competitive environment? -
US CD Sales Plummet 31% in First Quarter While Music Streaming Rises
New music industry figures prove what we've all known for a while, CDs are out and music streaming is in. U.S. CD sales plummeted 31.5 percent in the first quarter of 2015 while music streaming largely made up the difference with a 23 percent rise. -
Google Founder Eric Schmidt Calls Apple Music "Elitist" as Opposed to "Democratic"
In an op-ed for the BBC, Google founder and Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt had some harsh words directed at Apple Music's tactics to pursue human curated playlists, calling the approach "elitist" (as opposed to Google's own "Democratic" approach). -
Lil Wayne & Charlie Puth Drop "Nothing But Trouble" Video off '808' Soundtrack [WATCH]
Lil Wayne and Charlie Puth have joined forces to release the official video to "Nothing But Trouble," their single from the soundtrack to '808,' the upcoming documentary on the ever-influential Roland TR-808 drum machine. Check out the new video below, via Apple Music. -
Noel Gallagher Compares Apple Music 24/7 Internet Radio to George Orwell
In an interview with the Varvet International Podcast, Noel Gallagher ripped into music in the digital age, taking shots at Apple Music's 24/7 Internet radio, Beats 1 by saying "Apple Music, world radio, is that some sort of George Orwell sh-t going on?"
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