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Title: Apple is doing away with free iTunes Radio stations on January 29 Post by: HCK on January 16, 2016, 09:00:23 pm Apple is doing away with free iTunes Radio stations on January 29
In an email to users, Apple has announced that it is doing away with the free, ad-supported iTunes Radio stations on January 29. As reported by 9to5Mac, the email says that Beats 1 will "be the premiere free broadcast" going forward, while the currently free stations will require an Apple Music subscription from January 29 onward. Free, ad-supported radio stations first made their appearance as iTunes Radio in 2013 for the U.S., and later expanded to Australian shores in early 2014. The stations would algorithmically put together a streaming playlist of songs with ads interspersed every so often in a manner similar to streaming app Pandora. The ad-supported iTunes Radio stations have existed alongside Apple Music since its launch, and their removal could be related to Apple's plans to shutter the iAd platform later this year, a move it announced earlier today. Source: 9to5Mac ...<br clear='all'/> <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388294203/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4ce75a6f/sc/28/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388294203/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4ce75a6f/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388294203/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4ce75a6f/sc/28/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388294203/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4ce75a6f/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388294203/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4ce75a6f/sc/28/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388294203/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4ce75a6f/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247388294203/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4ce75a6f/sc/28/a2.img" border="0"/> (http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247388294203/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4ce75a6f/sc/28/a2.htm)<img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/247388294203/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4ce75a6f/sc/28/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/4ce75a6f/sc/28/mf.gif)' border='0'/> Source: Apple is doing away with free iTunes Radio stations on January 29 (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/NBQqW9bo2mo/story01.htm) |