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 ...

Sarah Mitroff has worn many hats at CNET, including Senior Mobile Editor and Managing Editor of Health and Wellness. Currently, she is a freelance editor. Throughout her career, she's written about ...

Not happy with the Xbox Music platform? Take Beats Music or Spotify for as spin. Xbox Music. It's more than just the app you love to hate right now on Windows Phone 8.1. It's also a music streaming ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...