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Apple Music launches ‘New Music Daily’ playlist

Apple Music launches ‘New Music Daily’ playlist, the playlist formerly known as Best of the Week which is now being refreshed daily. According to Apple Music ‘New Music Daily (formerly known as Best of the Week) is our home for the latest must-hear songs – the playlist that never sleeps.’ The playlist can be added to your library (like any other playlist) and will be updated automatically as the song list changes. To find out […]

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Apple renames ‘Mastered for iTunes’

Apple renames ‘Mastered for iTunes’ calling it ‘Apple Digital Masters’ and grouping all tracks that have been encoded in one place. Mastered for iTunes was launched in 2012 and is a set of tools and guidelines that encouraged record producers to use studio quality 24-bit 96 kHz originals to produce the 256 kbps AAC files that iTunes streams. Despite many press reports Apple Digital Masters are not HiRes and there are no publicly announced plans […]

Apple Music 6 months free deal for US students
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Apple Music offers 6 month free trial to US students

Apple Music offers 6 month free trial to US students – the offer running up till the 26th September 2019. After the free trial students can sign up for just $4.99 per month, a 50% discount on the regular subscription. In order to get the student discount, you must verify your eligibility through Unidays. Simply enter your college or university email address and school name into the Unidays form. In addition to the deal on […]

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Apple Music creates African Legends hub

Apple Music creates African Legends hub featuring playlists, albums and charts from the African continent’s greatest artists. Originally launched to coincide with this year’s Africa Day the hub contains the African Legends playlist with Fela Kuti’s funky Afrobeat, Brenda Fassie’s vivacious Afropop, Youssou N’Dour’s thrilling mbalax and Angélique Kidjo’s richly textured world fusion amongst other notable African artists. The African Legends hub consists of Essentials Playlists, Essentials Albums, Classic Singles, A Spotlight On and a […]

Apple Music is now available on Alexa enabled devices in Australia and New Zealand
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Apple Music and Alexa now available in Australia and New Zealand

Apple Music and Alexa now available in Australia and New Zealand joining the recently launched service in the US, UK and Ireland. Apple Music subscribers can now listen to Apple Music’s 50 million songs on Amazon’s full range of Echo devices, including Echo Dot, Echo Plus and Echo Show. Apple Music subscribers will be able to ask Alexa to play their favourite songs, artists, and albums – or any Apple Music playlist. Alexa can be […]

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Streaming price war hots up in India

Streaming price war hots up in India as Apple Music is the latest streamer to reduce its prices to ₹99/month (£1.10) from ₹120/month following price cuts by local music streaming services, JioSaavn and Gaana. JioSaavn and Gaana are well established and currently account for about half of India’s music streaming market. India has the world’s second largest smartphone market and the potential market for music streaming is huge. The country has seen both Spotify and […]

Apple Music on Alexa in UK
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Apple Music now on Alexa in UK

Apple Music now on Alexa in UK and Ireland after its initial launch in the US in March 2019. Apple Music subscribers will be able to stream over 50 million songs ad-free from Apple Music on an Amazon Echo or Fire TV. Apple Music on Alexa Features Play your own playlists which can include music from your iCloud Music Library Get Apple Music mixes inspired by the songs you listen to most Tune in to […]