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Apple said to have no plans for free tier with rumored subscription music service

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Apple (http://www.imore.com/apple) will apparently not offer a free tier for is oft-rumored subscription music service when it launches later this year. Company executives have reportedly been saying as much during negotiations with record labels.</p> <!--break--> <p>For current Beats Music subscribers, this wouldn't be any sort of change. Apple will reportedly still offer a trial period on the service, then charge after that. This is exactly how Beats Music works now. But Apple SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue (http://www.imore.com/eddy-cue) and Beats' Jimmy Iovine have apparently been making aggressive arguments for this model in recent license negotiations for their upcoming streaming service, according to Re/code (http://recode.net/2015/03/06/big-music-labels-want-to-make-free-music-hard-to-get-and-apple-says-theyre-right/):</p>

<p>Apple executives, led by media head Eddy Cue and Beats Music founder Jimmy Iovine, have been arguing that the music business "needs to get behind a paywall," say people who have talked to them. Apple bought Beats last year, partly to help it gain a foothold on streaming music just as iTunes sales of digital downloads had started to drop.</p>

<p>Apple's free iTunes Radio (http://www.imore.com/itunes-radio-iphone-ipad) service will reportedly remain intact after the launch of the new service, as it is apparently not considered a threat to music sales. It almost goes without saying that this would serve the same function as a free subscription tier.</p> <p>Almost since the moment they purchased the company in summer 2014, Apple has been said to be integrating Beats into its musical offering. Apple is reportedly shooting for a price of $7.99 a month (http://www.imore.com/apples-beats-based-streaming-service-said-be-priced-799month-feature-curated-tunes), and the service is said to be integrated into the iOS Music app. As previously reported (http://www.imore.com/apples-subscription-music-service-will-reportedly-debut-wwdc-new-apple-tv-rumored-fall-launch) Apple is apparently aiming for an unveiling, if not an outright launch, at or after this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (http://www.imore.com/wwdc-2015).</p> <p>Source: Re/code (http://recode.net/2015/03/06/big-music-labels-want-to-make-free-music-hard-to-get-and-apple-says-theyre-right/)</p> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-30379"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/441f91cf/sc/5/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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