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05-13-2016, 01:52 AM
Apple won't end music downloads in 2 years, but it will someday
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Apple, which recently launched a music streaming service, will continue to offer music downloads — an industry it helped legitimize — for a long time. The question **w is how long is long?
A report surfaced on Wednesday (http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/05/11/apple-terminating-music-downloads-two-years/) saying plans to terminate iTunes music downloads in two years is "actively being considered and gaining favor" within the company. However,*Apple representative Tom Neumayr denied the report to*Mashable and other publications.
SEE ALSO: Apple Music adds a**ther 1 million subscribers in 1 month (http://mashable.com/2016/02/12/apple-music-11-million-subscribers/)
While the two-year timeline is very unlikely, music industry analyst*Mark Mulligan*predicts it will happen.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/12/apple-itunes-kill-downloads-music/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Apple, which recently launched a music streaming service, will continue to offer music downloads — an industry it helped legitimize — for a long time. The question **w is how long is long?
A report surfaced on Wednesday (http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/05/11/apple-terminating-music-downloads-two-years/) saying plans to terminate iTunes music downloads in two years is "actively being considered and gaining favor" within the company. However,*Apple representative Tom Neumayr denied the report to*Mashable and other publications.
SEE ALSO: Apple Music adds a**ther 1 million subscribers in 1 month (http://mashable.com/2016/02/12/apple-music-11-million-subscribers/)
While the two-year timeline is very unlikely, music industry analyst*Mark Mulligan*predicts it will happen.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/12/apple-itunes-kill-downloads-music/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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