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Apple’s amended app rules still don’t comply with Digital Markets Act, EU confirms

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Apple Music • 2 min read

Apple’s amended app rules still don’t comply with Digital Markets Act, EU confirms

Apple recently changed its rules around the sign-posting of alternative payment options within iOS apps in a bid to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act. Spotify, among others, say the changes are not good enough, and - in a newly published preliminary view - the European Commission agrees…

Chris Cooke • 25 Jun 2024

Apple faces €500 million fine after Spotify-prompted EU competition investigation

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Apple • 2 min read

Apple faces €500 million fine after Spotify-prompted EU competition investigation

Nearly five years after Spotify first submitted a formal complaint to the European Union over Apple’s App Store rules regarding in-app payments, EU regulators are reportedly about to fine the tech giant €500 million having concluded that those rules breach competition law…

Chris Cooke • 19 Feb 2024

Setlist Podcast: AI developments cause celebration and concern

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Artificial Intelligence • 5 min read

Setlist Podcast: AI developments cause celebration and concern

The music industry welcomes the final draft of the EU AI Act but sees plans for the UK to develop an AI code of conduct collapse, and allegations that the BBC is going head to head with its commercial rivals by launching new decade and genre specific music radio stations…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 09 Feb 2024

Indie labels say Apple's new payment model will take money from their artists to benefit the majors

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Apple Music • 3 min read

Indie labels say Apple's new payment model will take money from their artists to benefit the majors

The Financial Times has spoken to a number of independent labels that are critical of the changes being made to Apple Music’s payment model so that more money flows to spatial available tracks - they say the changes benefit the majors and will “badly impact” on the revenues received by indies…

Chris Cooke • 05 Feb 2024

Setlist Podcast: Apple Music’s “spatial audio bonus” favours major labels

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Apple • 4 min read

Setlist Podcast: Apple Music’s “spatial audio bonus” favours major labels

Apple Music's spatial audio "bonus" is nothing of the sort for many independent labels and creators, grassroots venue closures in the UK, and more…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 26 Jan 2024

Apple to provide royalty boost to tracks delivered in Dolby Atmos

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Apple Music • 2 min read

Apple to provide royalty boost to tracks delivered in Dolby Atmos

Apple Music is planning on paying a higher royalty on tracks delivered to the streaming service in spatial audio formats, even if users opt to listen in the standard format…

Sam Taylor • 13 Dec 2023

⏩ One Liners: Pink, Apple Music Classical, Tom Odell + more

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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 1 min read

⏩ One Liners: Pink, Apple Music Classical, Tom Odell + more

Universal Music and Tuned Global agree deals in Africa; Tracy Maddux departs Downtown; Apple Music Classical iPad app launches; live dates from Pink, Tom Odell and The Damned…

Andy Malt • 21 Nov 2023

Apple Music discontinues its Siri-centric Voice Plan

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Apple Music discontinues its Siri-centric Voice Plan

Apple Music has discontinued its Voice Plan, a mid-price option where users could only interact with the service via Siri…

Chris Cooke • 02 Nov 2023

One Liners: Jason Derulo & Meghan Trainor, Dolly Parton, Fred Again + more

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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 4 min read

One Liners: Jason Derulo & Meghan Trainor, Dolly Parton, Fred Again + more

Sabrina Carpenter signs to UMPG; Sound Talent opens Nashville office; Dolly Parton’s Apple Music 1 radio show; new music from Jason Derulo and Meghan Trainor, Fred Again, Kid Cudi, Skepta, PinkPantheress, Tom Odell, The Libertines and more; Botch farewell shows, Rogue Jones win Welsh Album Prize…

Andy Malt • 13 Oct 2023

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Labels • 2 min read

Apple buys classical music record label

Apple has acquired BIS Records - with the classical music label’s founder Robert Von Bahr saying that its alliance with the tech giant will help “usher in the next era of classical”c…

Chris Cooke • 07 Sep 2023

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Apple Music • 3 min read

Apple Music increases baseline subscription rate to 10.99

Apple Music has increased its subscription prices so that in the US and the UK the baseline price is now…

Chris Cooke • 25 Oct 2022