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Ian Rogers departs Apple
By Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 28 August 2015
Ian Rogers is departing Apple just two months after the new streaming service he helped develop launched, seemingly to join a non-music-based company in Europe.
Rogers enjoyed a high profile in the music industry while running direct-to-fan service TopSpin, and was then head-hunted by Beats to develop and launch its big streaming service. When Beats was bought by Apple, Rogers also joined the tech giant, though he had a much lower profile role in the subsequent evolution and launch of Apple Music. That said, he seemed to mainly work on the launch of Apple’s online radio station Beats 1, which did enjoy most of the hype once the firm’s new music platform finally went live.
Rogers’ departure, confirmed to the FT, has seemingly come out of the blue for both colleagues and the tech giant’s music industry partners, who generally saw the former TopSpin chief as an ally within the Apple empire.
Elsewhere in Apple news, the company has put another big press announcement in the diary for 9 Sep, likely to launch the iPhone 6S and an upgraded Apple TV.
