Pandora loyalists who have stuck it out with the streaming radio service —instead of switching to another platform and having the freedom to choose specific tracks to play — will finally be rewarded for their patience, as the company is launching a long-rumored new premium tier for $10/month. [More]
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SoundCloud Now Offering Streaming Music Subscription At Half The Price Of Spotify
By 2.28.17
Almost a year after SoundCloud launched its streaming music subscription service — dubbed SoundCloud Go — the company has a new offering that’s half the price of its rivals Spotify and Apple. [More]
Apple’s Plan To Compete With Spotify? Add Original TV Shows To Apple Music
By 1.12.17
A new report claims that Apple now has plans to produce original TV shows and movies, just like Amazon and Netflix have been doing for several years. However, the goal isn’t to compete directly with these streaming video platforms, but to bolster the Apple Music streaming audio service. [More]
Amazon’s Discount Music Streaming Service For Echo Reportedly Coming Soon
By 10.7.16
Your Amazon Echo speaker could be singing a new tune by the end of the month, as reports suggest Amazon’s long-rumored discounted streaming music service is set to launch in the next few weeks. [More]
Pandora Replaces Ad-Free Tier With $5/Month “Pandora Plus,” Offering More Skips, Replays
By 9.15.16
Last month, it was reported that Pandora might be going head-to-head with Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Music with a fully on-demand, ad-free streaming audio service for $10/month. That service is still reportedly in the offing, but today Pandora unveiled a new offering that is only $5/month, but is more of an upgrade to its existing paid tier than a true on-demand service. [More]
Pandora May Go To Battle With Apple Music, Spotify With $10/Month Subscription Option
By 8.19.16
Right now, most Pandora users are listening to music for free and turning the volume down during ads, with a handful of people paying for an ad-free version of the same service. Now comes a report that Pandora is looking to offer new options that would put the company in more direct competition with Apple, Google, Amazon, and Spotify. [More]
Apple Music’s Real Android App Is Ready
By 8.4.16
Last November, Apple fulfilled its promise to bring its subscription music service to Android users. Only, that app was simply a beta of Apple Music. Today, the company unveiled its real app. [More]
Apple Sent Two Technicians To Investigate Music Download Deletions
By 5.18.16
When your Apple product starts acting up, maybe you go the Genius Bar, maybe you call tech support, maybe you just ask a friend for advice. Or maybe, if your blog post about Apple Music apparently deleting thousands of downloaded files makes national news headlines, two Apple techs come knocking on your door. [More]
Apple Music’s Confusing Deletion Of Songs Is One Reason You Should Back Up Your Files
By 5.5.16
Powering on your computer only to find that all of your downloaded music, including original content, is nowhere to be found is an understandably devastating situation. But it’s one that has apparently happened to several Apple Music users since the service launched last year. [More]
Kanye West Releases One ‘The Life Of Pablo’ Song On Apple Music, Google, And Spotify
By 3.28.16
“My album will never never never be on Apple,” Kanye West insisted on Twitter, referring to his latest release, “The Life of Pablo.” This is literally true, but one song from the album is now available on the major streaming services, including Apple, Spotify, and Google Play. [More]
Apple Kills Off Free iTunes Radio In Favor Of Apple Music
By 1.29.16
As of today, Apple’s free iTunes Radio is dead. Long live Apple Music — or at least that’s apparently the company’s plan as it officially shut down the ad-supported service today. [More]
Google Play Music Now Offering Six-Person Family Plan, Free YouTube Red Service
By 12.9.15
After two months of testing a family plan for its streaming music service, Google announced that it would make the six-person program a permanent option for Google Play Music users. [More]
Apple Increases iTunes Match, Apple Music iCloud Storage Limit To 100,000 Tracks
By 12.7.15
Music lovers, who also happen to be users of Apple products, can now store a lot more of their favorite tunes in the cloud: about 75,000 more songs to be exact. Apple confirmed over the weekend that iTunes Match and Apple Music iCloud libraries will now have the capacity to hold 100,000 songs. [More]
Pandora Mulling The Idea Of An Offline Listening Feature
By 11.11.15
It’s tough out there for a streaming music service like Pandora, with competition from Spotify and Apple Music constantly putting on the pressure to get more subscribers. But there’s one thing Pandora’s rivals have that it doesn’t — an option for subscribers to listen to music offline. That may change in the future. [More]
Apple Launches Apple Music For Android
By 11.10.15
Apple fulfilled a promise to bring its subscription music service to the other side today, launching Apple Music for Android users. Most of the functionality for the new app is the same as its iOS counterpart, minus Siri integration. The Android-based app also offers a free, three-month trial of the service to new users. After that, the service costs $9.99/month for a single user or $14.99 for a family plan, so don’t forget to cancel your subscription if you don’t want to foot the bill after 90 days. [via ArsTechnica] [More]
Apple Music Managed To Keep 6.5 Million Paying Customers So Far
By 10.20.15
It probably won’t surprise you to learn that millions of trial Apple Music users decided to cancel their service instead of keeping their accounts and paying 10 bucks a month. However, Apple reports that six and a half million users decided to keep the service. Or forgot to cancel their accounts before billing started, but from Apple’s point of view, those customers’ money is just as good. [More]
How To Cancel Your Subscription To Apple Music Before The Free Trial Ends Sept. 30
By 9.29.15
The clock has been counting down, and the time is night: If you signed up for that three-month free trial of Apple Music back in June, today is the last day to cancel that subscription before it automatically renews on Sept. 30. Here’s how to make sure you don’t wind up locked into paying for a service you don’t want. [More]
11 Million People Are Trying Apple Music, Some Might Actually Pay In September
By 8.6.15
Can Apple’s music-streaming service convert its users into paying customers once the service’s trial period is done? How many people have signed up for Apple Music so far, anyway? The company has finally provided the world with an update on its shiny new streaming service, including actual subscriber numbers. [More]
