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Apple looks to expand advertising business with new ad network for apps

Apple looks to expand advertising business with new ad network for apps

Apple Inc. “is looking to expand its digital-advertising business, people familiar with the matter said, as it shifts its growth strategy beyond selling devices toward pushing services on them,” Tripp Mickle and Georgia Wells report for The Wall Street Journal. “Over the past year, Apple has met with Snap Inc., Pinterest Inc. and other companies about participating in an Apple network that would…

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Taylor Swift and the music industry wage war on Google's YouTube, take fight to U.S. Congress

Taylor Swift and the music industry wage war on Google’s YouTube, take fight to U.S. Congress

“Taylor Swift and many in the music industry are officially taking their bad blood with YouTube to Congress,” Dee Lockett reports for Vulture. “Swift, along with 160 artists and labels, including U2, Paul McCartney, and the Big Three (Universal, Sony, and Warner), has joined a growing petition urging Washington to make serious updates to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).”

“‘…

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Apple Music's Iovine, Reznor, Cue and Kondrk on streaming's new world order and why 'we all should be' worried

Apple Music’s Iovine, Reznor, Cue and Kondrk on streaming’s new world order and why ‘we all should be’ worried

“Twelve months of Apple Music have brought the service 15 million paid subscribers and, for its architects, a sense of optimistic, if slightly cautious, calm,” Shirley Halperin reports for Billboard. “Or so it looked at the Apple Worldwide Developers’ Conference on Monday afternoon, where Apple senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue, ‎vice president of Content and Media…

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Apple Music will get a makeover, but it needs much more

Apple Music will get a makeover, but it needs much more

“Last year, Apple finally got into the subscription music business,” Peter Kafka writes for Recode. “Time to try it again.”

“Apple is expected to roll out an overhaul for its Apple Music service at its WWDC event Monday, aimed at making ‘it more intuitive to use,'” Kafka writes. “That’s good, because Apple Music needs some help: Its first effort was surprisingly confused — especially…

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Spotify dims as Apple Music shines

Spotify dims as Apple Music shines

“As reported yesterday, for the first time in 13 years, Apple broke their streak of quarterly revenue growth. The revenue decline is being attributed to slowing iPhone sales and overall macro economic trends (i.e. China),” George Howard writes for Forbes. “In an otherwise gloomy report, there was a surprising bright spot: Apple Music subscriptions have surpassed the 13 million mark, up from the…

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New Drake album to be exclusively available on Apple Music

New Drake album to be exclusively available on Apple Music

“Hip-hop artist Drake has some bad news for streaming-music service Spotify,” Don Reisinger reports for Fortune. “He plans to make his upcoming album, Views From the 6, available exclusively on Apple Music later this month, according to a tweet he posted on Sunday.”

“Drake’s decision to offer exclusive access to his album only on Apple Music is just the latest in a series by artists to…

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Taylor Swift's Apple Music commercial spurred 431% jump in sales for Drake

Taylor Swift’s Apple Music commercial spurred 431% jump in sales for Drake

“Last week, Taylor Swift released a minute-long clip she filmed for Apple Music that featured her working out and listening to a playlist dedicated to exercise, with Drake and Future’s ‘Jumpman,'” Hugh McIntyre reports for Forbes. “”

“Anything with the pop star in it is sure to grab eyeballs, but what made this minute-long segment especially entertaining was both her rapping along to…

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Apple's iTunes Store suffers as streaming sales surpass digital downloads for first time

Apple’s iTunes Store suffers as streaming sales surpass digital downloads for first time

The Recording Industry Association of America has revealed that streaming music sales surpassed digital downloads as the recording industry’s single biggest source of revenue last year. According to a report from the association, streaming generated $2.4 billion in 2015 and contributed 34.3% of overall sales.

One of the key factors behind this growth is the increased integration of…

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