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Ministry of Sound playlists come to Apple Music

13/10/2018

Apple Music has signed an exclusive deal with the Ministry of Sound to stream its popular dance playlists such as Dance Nation and Rave Nation. As a consequence of the deal these playlists, some of which have hundreds of thousands of followers, will be removed from Spotify and other non-Apple services over the course of the next few days. This is likely to disappoint a considerable number of Spotify subscribers as the Dance Nation playlist […]

Apple Music - UK Top 100 Chart (9th September 2018)

Apple Music rolls out Top 100 Charts

09/09/2018

Apple Music has rolled out 116 ‘Top 100’ Charts, one for every country where it is available plus a Global Top 100. Every chart will be updated on a daily basis at 12am PST (US time). The format is similar to that of playlists or albums and can be found on the Browse page with top Songs and Playlists. With instant and free access not only to the Chart listings but also the tracks themselves, […]

EU approves Apple’s acquisition of Shazam

07/09/2018

The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Shazam by Apple under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission concluded that the merger would not adversely affect competition in the European Economic Area or any substantial part of it. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: ‘Data is key in the digital economy. We must therefore carefully review transactions which lead to the acquisition of important sets of data, including potentially commercially sensitive […]

Who is winning the Spotify v Apple Music wars?

28/08/2018

When Apple launched Apple Music in June 2015, many people confidently predicted that the David and Goliath struggle between Apple and Spotify would favour Apple with its colossal financial and marketing power combined with an installed base of hundreds of millions of iOS devices. Against all expectations Spotify has not only managed to keep ahead of Apple Music but the gap between the two streaming services has gradually widened from 20 million when Apple Music […]

Apple Music releases Android Auto beta

28/08/2018

Apple has released Apple Music for Android version 2.6 beta which adds Android Auto integration. Apple Music for Android has been available for some while but this new version will add Android Auto and a number of features that have been available on the iOS version for some time. You can now search songs by lyrics, access a new Friends Mix option that creates a playlist based on your friends’ listening habits, plus new Artist […]

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Deutsche Grammophon and Apple Music launch new classical music playlist

13/08/2018

Deutsche Grammophon and Apple Music have partnered to launch a new classical music audio and visual playlist that will highlight recordings from the iconic label’s 120-year history. The Deutsche Grammophon playlist launched on Friday, 10th August with a media conference at Mozart’s birthplace in Salzburg, Austria, where DG artists Trifonov, Villazón, Abdrazakov and Gregson performed and later appeared on a panel discussion about music curation in the digital age. Trifonov’s performance was recorded and will be added to his […]

Verizon offers Apple Music free for 6 months in US

11/08/2018

Verizon offers Apple Music free for 6 months in US starting on the 16th August for Verizon Unlimited customers. The offer is available to new and current Verizon Unlimited customers and customers will have full access to Apple Music and can either stream their favorite songs over 4G or WiFi, or download for offline playback – all ad-free. Apple Music now has more than 45 million songs which can be accessed via iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, […]