Tag Archives: Beats Music

For the record, Trent Reznor is still at Beats Music

Posted by on June 2, 2014

As you know by now, Apple made it official and bought Beats Music last week. There are a lot of questions as to how the transition is going to be handled, and who will be doing what. Not helping things at all was a report in USA Today about the purchase. For the most part, […]

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It’s official: Apple purchases Beats Music

Posted by on May 28, 2014

It was probably the worst kept secret of the month. However, Apple has officially announced it has purchased Beats Music and Beats Electronics, its largest acquisition to date. Apple will acquire both the subscription streaming music service and the electronics branch for the price of $3 billion ($2.6 billion in cash, and $400 million in […]

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Is Apple about to buy Beats Electronics?

Posted by on May 9, 2014

According to a report in Financial Times, Apple is about to make their biggest acquisition ever by acquiring Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion. As a result, the computer maker will acquire streaming service Beats Music, which was launched earlier this year. According to sources, the Beats management team will report to Apple chief Tim Cook. […]

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Metal (kind of) represented in Super Bowl ads

Posted by on February 2, 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/i_eiTQy1QZw[/youtube] Well, now that the dust has settled and the Seattle Seahawks have thoroughly embarrassed the Denver Broncos, it’s time to concentrate on the most important part of the game – the commercials. In a batch that, at least to us, seemed less inspired than previous years, at least some degree of metal, albeit from […]

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Meet the latest streaming service: Beats Music

Posted by on January 13, 2014

Until Saturday, all we knew about Beats Music is that Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre and Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor were behind it, and that it was launching this year. In an article in the New York Times over the weekend, more details have surfaced. The “this year” is now next Tuesday, January 21, and […]

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