Beats Music

Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is not known as a company that lays heavy emphasis on inorganic growth or growing through mergers and acquisitions. That said the company has had its fair share of M&A transactions that have helped the company improve its product and services. Cupertino is said to have...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has decided to terminate Beats Music on November 30. Apple acquired Beats and offered a music streaming platform, which was recently expanded to Android users. Apple Music will be the company's only streaming music service. Apple's $3 billion...

Re/code's Walt Mossberg recently published his review on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s music streaming service, Apple Music, titled, "Apple Music First Look: Rich, Robust — But Confusing." Mossberg was on CNBC Tuesday to discuss his experience using the service for the first time and...

Music streaming is growing increasingly more popular as more and more people turn to the Internet for entertainment services. With industry leaders like Spotify AG already boasting 12.5 million loyal users and new entrants like Jay-Z's Tidal making small waves among artists, many wonder just...

BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) shares rose mysteriously on Friday, presumably on renewed anticipation of a possible buyout. Contrary to reports that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will close Beats Music, the iPhone maker might have a plan to save the ailing service. Analysts responded to Europe...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) might not retire Beats Music after all. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant was expected to close the service and possibly integrate the technology into its own line of music products -- iTunes and iTunes Radio. According to the Financial Times, Apple now...

U.S. markets rose on Friday, ending a four-week slide for the major indices despite ongoing Ebola-related scares. Investors found enough positives in earnings reports from Dow listed Microsoft and Procter & Gamble to justify a triple-point gain in the Dow. The S&P 500 posted its best week...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) continued to drive headlines this week even without new product announcements or iDevice rumors. First Apple got the media's attention when reports claimed that the company was on the verge of closing Beats Music. Then the company made headlines once more when it was...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is rumored to have closed Beats Music, the streaming music portion of Beats Electronics. The company has since denied this claim, but additional reports claim the Beats Music brand will be eliminated.  "The [Apple] brand is incredibly strong, so I was...

How much can labels really make from streaming music? Pandora: Up To $0.00137 Per Play In June 2013, Cracker vocalist David Lowery claimed that he was paid $16.89 for a song that was played more than 1.15 million times on Pandora (NYSE: P). Pandora co-founder Tim Westergren responded to...

Earlier this week, Spotify reported that the music streaming site had reached 10 million paying subscribers. The Swedish company also shared, in addition to the 10 million paying subscribers, Spotify has more than 40 million active users across 56 markets. Although the company isn't publicly...