Quick Hits: Two SXSW stories; St. Patty’s Day podcasts
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Podcast round-up from SXSW; Zane Lowe not the biggest fan of playlists; listening of the Irish. Continue Reading
Zane Lowe
Quick Hits: Vevo’s new acquisition; Zane Lowe chats radio; podcasts as company newsletter?
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Vevo acquires Showyou; Zane Lowe interview; is podcasting replacing the company newsletter? Continue Reading
Zane Lowe talks Beats, BBC in London
Apple’s Zane Lowe returned to London to participate in the Radio Academy’s Radio Festival. He engaged in a lively conversation with former boss Ben Cooper, controller for Radio 1 and Radio 1 Xtra, about the role of Beats 1 in Apple Music, future of music radio, and about the BBC. Continue Reading
Editor’s Notebook: Apple Music’s launch fail
by Brad Hill
Looking at what a regular, non-techy person must do to listen to Beats 1, the flagship product of Apple Music, it seems as if Apple is making discovery as difficult as possible. Continue Reading
Beats 1 appears in Apple’s beta iOS upgrade
Anyone who is offered an Apple iOS upgrade to versions 8.4 or 9 will see a first glimpse of Beats 1, Anyone who is offered an Apple iOS upgrade to versions 8.4 or 9 will reportedly see the start of Apple’s new radio lineup, a promised part of Apple Music, scheduled to launch widely on June 30. Continue Reading
Recruiting from radio: Apple hires Zane Lowe from BBC
Zane Lowe, well known in Britain and around the world for his weeknight music-discovery radio show on the BBC, has taken a position at Apple in Cupertino. When a popular DJ quits his show and moves to one of the world’s leading technology companies, the news can be framed within the human-vs-machine argument which divides streaming music curation Continue Reading