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Title: Apple’s new streaming music service reportedly coming in June Post by: HCK on March 07, 2015, 09:00:17 pm Apple’s new streaming music service reportedly coming in June
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Rumors of Apple launching an all-you-can-stream music service are nothing new. Ever since the company acquired Beats Music in May 2014 (http://www.macworld.com/article/2241981/apple-and-beats-music-what-you-need-to-know.html), speculation has been rife that it could use some of the underlying technology for a new service under its own brand. Now, a couple of fresh reports have the Cupertino-based company finally launching that rumored Beats Music-based streaming service at WWDC in June.</p><p>First up is a report from 9to5Mac (http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/05/apple-plans-relaunched-beats-streaming-music-service-for-wwdc-skipping-march-event/#more-367854), which cites unnamed industry sources “briefed on the launch timeline” as claiming that Apple plans to launch at least a beta version of the service during its annual developer’s conference. Per the site, the on-demand music offering will cost $7.99 a month. While significantly higher than the $5 figure Apple was previously rumored to be aiming for (http://www.macworld.com/article/2835634/apple-spotify-aim-to-push-streaming-prices-down.html) , it compares favorably to the $10-per-month fee being charged by companies like Spotify, Rdio and Apple’s own Beats Music. Google launched its Play Music All Access service at $7.99 per month for early adopters, but charges new subscribers $9.99 per month.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2893983/apples-new-streaming-music-service-reportedly-coming-in-june.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple’s new streaming music service reportedly coming in June (http://www.macworld.com/article/2893983/apples-new-streaming-music-service-reportedly-coming-in-june.html#tk.rss_all) |