Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The move by Beats into the streaming market has been long anticipated. In 2012, Beats Electronics bought the music subscription ...

A year ago, audio hardware maker Beats — co-founded by Dr. Dre and legendary producer Jimmy Iovine — announced that it was going to launch a digital music subscription service. With all due respect, I ...

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During the Powerbeats Fit event, we had the chance to interview Oliver Schusser, Apple's VP of Music, Beats, and Sports, at the Apple Music Studio in Culver City. Schusser, who was part of the ...

For both%2C existing streaming services seemed disconnected from their musical tastes Jimmy Iovine has built the growing Beats empire with more than an admiring nod to Apple Trent Reznor promises that ...

Now that you've been testing out Apple Music for about a month, you've probably come across some questions about what else you can do with the streaming music service. We sure have. If you are a fan ...

Update: Apple announced the $3 billion deal on May 28th. Why would Apple buy Beats when it could just evolve iTunes into a streaming music service? Well, it wants the talent of Jimmy Iovine and Dr.

Beats Music is ready to take on Spotify, Pandora, and Rdio with playlists curated by humans, a huge marketing campaign. Two years ago, it was just a whisper, a rumored collaboration with smartphone ...