Apple launches new streaming service – Aftonbladet

Now take Apple up the fight against Spotify and Tidal.

The company plans to launch a new streaming service that will compete with music giants, writes the Wall Street Journal.

The Swedish Spotify is the leading music streaming service in the world, but recently got competition when multi-contractor Jay-Z launched its counterpart Tidal. Now major is also investing US Apple – and is entering the war on the listeners. Electronics giant plans to launch a new streaming service, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Negotiates with Drake

Apple should not yet have any agreements with Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment – the world’s three largest record labels – but it is expected to be completed shortly. The price for a month with unlimited streaming is expected to be 10 US dollars, equivalent to approximately 86 Swedish crowns. Even now, Apple has 300,000 users in the service Beats music.

The initiative will also include Internet radio to compete with the radio service Pandora. For it is said now negotiating with the stars as Dr Dre , Q-Tip and Dragon .

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Slow the Tidal

Jay-Z’s Tidal launched in March this year with big stars like Rihanna and Beyoncé associated with it. But the super names do not seem to have helped. In April, reported Gawker.com to Tidal ended up outside the list of the 700 most downloaded apps in the US. The app has also been heavily criticized in several parts of the music industry.

– People are going to make a pilgrimage to the torrent sides. Less well-known artists (who are not millionaires yet) will suffer for it, the British pop star Lily Allen wrote on Twitter.

“Apple is evil”

Nöjesbladet has previously been reported that sources in the music industry accused Apple of trying to kill Spotify using new business practices. According to the US The Verge, Apple has pushed major labels to get Spotify to stop the subscriptions are free and finaniseras advertising.

– These guys are evil, all the way up to Tim Cook, said a source in the music industry.