wraggster
May 9th, 2015, 01:35
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It's no secret that Apple plans on revealing a new streaming music service (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/05/apple-itunes-beats-music-streaming-at-wwdc/) -- thanks to its Beats Music acquisition (http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/01/apple-beats-deal-official/) -- some time this year, supposedly at its annual developer conference in June. What has so far been a secret, however, is whether or not that service will be free or paid. While it's been widely reported that Apple plans on charging $8 a month (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/05/apple-itunes-beats-music-streaming-at-wwdc/) for a subscription, it now appears that the folks in Cupertino could be planning on integrating a free option or two as well. According to ReCode (http://recode.net/2015/05/08/apples-new-music-service-will-push-paid-subscriptions-with-free-samples/)'s industry sources, those options include a free trial period of one to three months, a SoundCloud-type service where artists could upload free tunes for non-subscribers, and a new version of iTunes Radio that would feature human-curated playlists similar to, of course, Beats Music (http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/20/beats-music/).
http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/08/apple-free-music-streaming/
It's no secret that Apple plans on revealing a new streaming music service (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/05/apple-itunes-beats-music-streaming-at-wwdc/) -- thanks to its Beats Music acquisition (http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/01/apple-beats-deal-official/) -- some time this year, supposedly at its annual developer conference in June. What has so far been a secret, however, is whether or not that service will be free or paid. While it's been widely reported that Apple plans on charging $8 a month (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/05/apple-itunes-beats-music-streaming-at-wwdc/) for a subscription, it now appears that the folks in Cupertino could be planning on integrating a free option or two as well. According to ReCode (http://recode.net/2015/05/08/apples-new-music-service-will-push-paid-subscriptions-with-free-samples/)'s industry sources, those options include a free trial period of one to three months, a SoundCloud-type service where artists could upload free tunes for non-subscribers, and a new version of iTunes Radio that would feature human-curated playlists similar to, of course, Beats Music (http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/20/beats-music/).
http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/08/apple-free-music-streaming/