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Apple Music Finance News

Apple reverses position on royalty payments during Apple Music three month free trial period, Taylor Swift’s comments cited

Taylor Swift has come forward to criticize Apple Music’s planned three-month trial. And apparently won. Which means it might be slightly easier for you to listen to her next 987,752 songs about a breakup. In a released statement, Swift offered the following comment with regard to the free streaming element:

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iOS iTunes News Software Uncategorized Wearables

Apple announces Apple Music streaming service, cites June 30th launch date

You knew it was coming. It wasn’t like the universe needed another streaming music service, but Apple’s thrown its hat into the ring and announced “Beats One”, or the Apple Music service, which will be available for US$9.99 per month for a single account, US$14.99 per month for a family account and feature on-demand content […]

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Apple TV Rumor

Rumor: Apple asking TV networks to pick up infrastructure costs, responsibilities of proposed streaming service

Apple may be asking other parties to pick up the tab when it comes to handling the costs and responsibilities of its proposed streaming video service. Apple, in turn, will provide the content. Industry executives have indicated that Apple has asked the TV networks to take on both the cost and responsibility of running Apple’s […]

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Apple seals UnionPay deal, takes step to incorporating Apple Pay into Chinese marketplace

Apple may be a little bit closer to bringing Apple Pay to Chinese shores. Per The Mac Observer, Apple announced a deal over the weekend where customers can use the system to link a China UnionPay credit or debit card to their Apple ID for one-tap App Store purchases, which could eventually lead to using […]

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iTunes Radio Rumor

Rumor: iTunes Radio to roll out in Canada, Australia, U.K. and New Zealand in early 2014

iTunes Radio will be hitting a wide array of international markets in the next few months. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog and Bloomberg, iTunes Radio is also set to start early next year in Australia and New Zealand, where Pandora already operates, said sources who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public. […]