The report claims that U.S. Department of Justice officials are looking into Apple's business practices in relation to its upcoming streaming Music service, expected to be a rebranded version of Beats Music that will debut at WWDC next month. "DOJ officials have already interviewed high-ranking Music industry executives about Apple?s business habits," the report claims.
Apple's much-rumored Beats streaming service would naturally be a more competitive alternative over two of its biggest rivals in Spotify and YouTube if it successfully convinces Music Labels to force streaming services to ditch their freemium tiers. Apple's service is expected to have lots of exclusive content, and only about one-quarter of Spotify's 60 million customers have paid subscriptions.
Apple faces a similar probe from the European Commission over concerns that it's persuading Labels to abandon free, ad-supported services such as Spotify in Europe as well. Apple's own Beats streaming service will reportedly **t offer a Free tier, requiring customers to pay a recurring fee of around $9.99 per month, similar to Spotify, Rdio and Google Play Music.
Apple's Beats-based streaming Music service will reportedly be deeply integrated into iTunes on Mac and the stock Music app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and apps will also be available for Apple TV and Android. Last month, the company seeded iOS 8.4 beta to developers with a redesigned Music app featuring new MiniPlayer, a redesigned look for "**w Playing," global search capabilities, a streamlined design and more.
05-04-2015, 06:15 PM
Apple Urging Music Labels to Stop Licensing Free Songs on Spotify and YouTube
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