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Spotify Hits 100 Million Subscribers, Twice As Many Paid Subscribers As Apple Music
Monday, June 20, 2016 - 3:07pm | 256Read More...How is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s streaming music service holding up to its peers such as Spotify? The answer could be disappointing to Apple shareholders who had hoped Apple Music would be a meaningful driver of growth. Spotify told The Telegraph that it now counts 100 million monthly...
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Napster Is Back (By Name, At Least)
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 12:45pm | 275Read More...Napster is back... sort of. The infamous peer-to-peer file sharing service was all the rage in the late 1990s. However, the company was riddled with legal battles and forced to shut down in 2001. The company went on to transition itself as a legitimate online music store and was eventually...
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Is Apple Pivoting Into A Subscription Software Company?
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 11:38am | 259Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is trying to make a big change to its business model to make up for a saturating iPhone market. According to Global Equities Research’s Trip Chowdhry, that transition involves creating a unique ecosystem for each of the company’s devices. “Apple is...
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Should Apple Music Be Afraid Of Spotify's New Hire?
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 11:11am | 266Read More...Spotify, the popular on-demand music streaming app, just hired Lady Gaga's former manager, Troy Carter. The question investors are now asking is if Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) should be worried, as the company struggles to gain market share in the rapidly growing and lucrative streaming music segment...
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This Analyst Is Uber-Bearish On Apple, Warns Of Desperation
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 1:26pm | 276Read More...Ian Winer of Wedbush Securities was a guest on CNBC to discuss why he's still urging investors to "stay short" Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s stock. According to Winer, Apple once had an "edge on everything" but bulls are now scrambling to change their thesis on Apple...
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Why Is Your iTunes Music Disappearing?
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 11:20am | 286Read More...Is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) beginning to kill off iTunes? For some users experiencing difficulties in retrieving their downloaded albums, this may be the first sign of what is to come. Digital Music News, citing industry sources that hold "close and active business relationships with...
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People Are Going Crazy Over Apple's Taylor Swift Dance Party Commercial
Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 11:23am | 343Read More...Taylor Swift's association with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) continues as she released a new commercial for Apple Music by dancing to "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" by The Darkness. Swift tweeted the new ad, which has the tagline "Dance like no one's watching," and...
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Did Apple Steal This Artist's Music?
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 8:19am | 351Read More...According to a Vellum blog post by James Pinkstone, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) now deletes music files off of Apple Music customers’ hard drives. When users sign up for Apple Music, Apple scans their computers for music files, looks for matches in its database, then deletes the files from...
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2 Pros Discuss Potential Changes To Apple Music
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 1:03pm | 289Read More...According to market reports, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to implement "sweeping changes" to its music streaming service. Few details are yet known, but Jessica Lessin of The Information and Mike Isaac, a tech reporter for the New York Times shared their views on CNBC's "Squawk Alley." Lessin...
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Bloomberg: Apple Is Set To Introduce 'Sweeping Changes' To Its Music Streaming Service
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 9:31am | 269Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s streaming music customers appear to be unhappy with the streaming service, prompting the company to implement "sweeping changes," at least according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg, citing "people familiar with the product who asked not to be identified," reported that Apple...
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Is There Anything Innovative Expected From Apple Near Term?
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 2:58pm | 251Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) doesn't have anything innovative in the works near term, and the next big thing could still be years off, Maxim Group technology analyst Nehal Chokshi told CNBC. The bearish comments from the analyst come as Apple is expected to report lower earnings and sales for the...
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Nikki Sixx's Push For YouTube To Pay Artists Appropriately
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 8:54am | 230Read More...Nikki Sixx, co-founder of the band Motley Crue and Sixx: A.M., is pushing Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s YouTube business to "do the right thing." Speaking to CNBC, Sixx said that Spotify and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) have both "figured out a way to pay artists more than YouTube is...
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Mo-Mo Pair Trade? FBR Downgrades Netflix, Upgrades Pandora
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 12:36pm | 495Read More...Barton Crockett FBR presented a pair trade idea in a report on Friday: upgrading Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) to Outperform and downgrading Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) to Market Perform. Crockett maintained a $16 price target on Pandora's stock but trimmed his target on Netflix's...
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Is Adele Giving Pandora's Stock A Boost? Maybe, But A Major Copyright Overhang May Have Just Been Removed
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 10:03am | 564Read More...Adele's much anticipated album, "25", is now available for streaming on Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P). Adele's album is currently not available on Pandora's peers, including Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Apple Music and Spotify. However, investors are perhaps...
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Do Analysts Like Pandora's Rdio Acquisition?
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 12:42pm | 521Read More...Shares of Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) have fallen sharply from its 52-week high of $22.60 in early October and are now lower by nearly 35 percent over the past month. Pandora said it will pay $75 million to acquire the assets of bankrupt Rdio. Axiom's Victor Anthony suggested that...














