Apple has hired Jeff Bronikowski as its new global head of strategic music intiatives. He joins from Warner Music Group, where he was SVP of global business development and head of new technology and innovation. Continue Reading
Apple Music has landed a new deal with Genius, the lyrics and music metadata company. With their latest agreement, Apple Music will now co-produce the Genius show Verified. It will also exclusively premiere episodes every weekday, and the episodes will then be shared on the Genius YouTube channel within 24 hours. Continue Reading
TuneIn announced a new partnership with Apple that will see new distribution channels for the audio company’s content. Under this arrangement, TuneIn’s more than 100,000 global radio stations will be available through the Apple Music streaming service. Continue Reading
Apple Music now offers real-time lyrics to its listeners on mobile. With the iOS 13 update, Apple has added an option to display the words to a song in real time. The lyrics display can also be used as a navigation tool. Continue Reading
Apple Music has launched a beta test for a web version of its streaming service. The platform will be available to any Apple Music subscribers around the world to try. Continue Reading
Spotify is giving its potential subscribers a longer time to try out its paid service. The platform announced in a blog post that it is extending the free trial period for Spotify Premium to 90 days. Continue Reading
A group of streaming services is facing a new patent challenge, the latest in a long line of legal attacks related to vague claims for intellectual property around audio technology. Post Media Systems has filed separate lawsuits against Apple Music, Pandora/Sirius XM, and Google in Illinois. Continue Reading
Apple Music is taking fresh advantage of its connection to audio identification platform Shazam. The streaming service has launched the Shazam Discovery Top 50 to its curated programming. Continue Reading
Apple Music shared two recent developments behind the scenes. Apple Digital Masters is centered on the listener experience, while Apple Music for Artists has officially launched. Continue Reading
Apple has shared its results from the third quarter of its 2019 fiscal year. Its revenue for the period ending June 29 reached $53.8 billion, up just 1% from the third quarter of 2018. The slight bump in revenue made this period Apple’s biggest June quarter to date. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Leading Apple Music’s next act. Podcast recommendations by DM. Streaming growth is still slow in Africa. Continue Reading
Apple Music and Spotify have been making changes to their streaming services over the years to compete more directly with each other. The latest dig in the rivalry is around hip-hop playlist curation. Continue Reading