Apple hosted its quarterly earnings call yesterday. The tech giant reported more massive numbers in its fiscal first quarter, although a few segments did post declines. Quarterly revenue dipped 5% on-year, but still reached a whopping $84.3 billion. Continue Reading
Apple Music is offering a new, expanded deal to Verizon customers. The two parties had previously run a six-month free trial program for members of the Verizon Unlimited plan. Now, people who are part of the Beyond Unlimited and Above Unlimited plans on Verizon will have access to an ongoing Apple Music subscription as part of their service. Continue Reading
Apple Music has entered a partnership with the Sunderland AFC, a UK football club. (That’s soccer team to our fellow Americans.) As the exclusive streaming music partner for Sunderland, fans will be able to listen to player-curated playlists within the music platform and on the team’s website. Continue Reading
Apple Music is launching the new year by making one of its earliest relationships more official. Ebro Darden is now the service’s global editorial head of hip-hop and R&B. Darden is a radio host with a weekday morning show on New York’s Hot 97 station, and he’s been a host on Apple Music’s Beats 1 station since the streaming service’s debut. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: RAD and the value of podcast listener data. Get an Apple Music year-in-review with this app. Continue Reading
When Apple Music was first introduced to the world back in 2015, the platform’s attempt at a social feature raised some eyebrows. Now, according to a notice sent to artists on the platform, Apple Music Connect is gradually getting shut down. Continue Reading
Apple Music is getting involved with this year’s Grammy Awards. The streaming service will have live video of the nominations event for select categories on December 7 at 8:30 am Eastern. The Apple Music stream will happen alongside their reveal on CBS This Morning. Continue Reading
Apple Music will be arriving on Amazon Echo smart speakers by the end of the year. Access to Apple’s streaming service will begin for subscribers the week of December 17. Customers will be able to control playback from Apple’s library with voice commands on the line of smart speakers. Continue Reading
Apple has hired Rebekah Horne as its new head of music and other services for Australia and New Zealand. In this capacity, she will guide services including Apple Music, iTunes, and the App Store for those markets. Continue Reading
Apple reported its financials for its fourth quarter, which ended on September 29. The tech company posted quarterly revenue of $62.9 billion, up 20% from the same period last year. Net income was $2.91 per diluted share, an increase of 41% on-year. Continue Reading
Apple Music has entered a partnership with Genius, a database of music lyrics and annotations. Under the terms of their deal, both parties will make their services available on each other’s platforms. Continue Reading
Apple Music continues its trend of siphoning talent away from the BBC. Hip-hop experts have been an especially hot commodity, and the BBC isn’t the only operation to have leading talent seek greener pastures at a rival. Continue Reading