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Title: Labels say 'no' to Apple on cheap streaming music, consider capping Spotify Post by: HCK on March 11, 2015, 09:00:16 pm Labels say 'no' to Apple on cheap streaming music, consider capping Spotify
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Record labels are reportedly standing firm against Apple's plan for an $8 per month streaming music service, and may even consider new listening caps for Spotify.</p><p>Citing unnamed insiders, Billboard reports (http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6495029/freemium-vs-premium-showdown-between-apple-and-spotify) that labels are rethinking the value of streaming music now that services like Spotify have taken hold. While labels had been eager to establish new revenue sources after the decline of the CD business (http://www.techhive.com/article/247436/see_ya_cds_digital_music_sales_overtake_physical_media.html?null), some are now worried that these services still aren't bringing in enough money. It's a sentiment echoed by artists such as Radiohead, Bjork, and Taylor Swift, who have withheld some or all of their songs from Spotify.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2894765/labels-say-no-to-apple-on-cheap-streaming-music-consider-capping-spotify.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Labels say 'no' to Apple on cheap streaming music, consider capping Spotify (http://www.macworld.com/article/2894765/labels-say-no-to-apple-on-cheap-streaming-music-consider-capping-spotify.html#tk.rss_all) |