Google Play Music, a $10-a-month music-streaming service, hasn’t offered a free tier previously besides free trials. James Martin/CNET Google is taking on Pandora, Apple Music and Spotify, adding a free radio element that opens a door for people to try a bit of Google Play Music without having to pay. Google Play Music launched a …
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Taylor Swift’s reprimands of streaming services may have the opposite effect of her intentions: increasing their mainstream popularity. ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images Taylor Swift, subscription services will be singing your praises. Swift, arguably the planet’s biggest mainstream music artist today, warned Sunday she would keep her hit album “1989” off the Apple Music subscription service because of a royalty loophole: …
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Hulu’s $7.99-a-month subscription service has dropped the “Plus,” but it still gives members earlier access to some full episodes and lets them watch on mobile devices. Joan E. Solsman/CNET Hulu Plus is dead, but the service lives on, same as it ever was. The streaming-TV service simplified its name Tuesday to purely Hulu for both its free tier and its …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple TV first launched in 2007 and hasn’t been revamped since its last generational update in March 2012. Sarah Tew/CNET Another Apple event, another Apple TV no-show. Apple’s streaming-video box has gone three years without a refresh to a new generation, all while …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple purchased subscription music service Beats Music last year as part of a $3 billion takeover of the headphone maker Beats. James Martin/CNET Apple finally started singing a new tune. The maker of iPhones and iPad tablets on Monday unveiled its first subscription-streaming …
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iHeartRadio is the digital side to the country’s biggest terrestrial radio company. iHeartMedia iHeartRadio, the online arm of the traditional radio giant formerly known as Clear Channel, said Friday it hit 70 million people who have registered to listen to digital stations. The growth reflects both the growing popularity of streaming music generally as well as iHeartRadio’s promotional advantage of …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple execs — including, from left, Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Beats’ Dr. Dre and iTunes chief Eddy Cue — have been preparing for the launch of a new subscription music service. Apple Twelve years ago, with the launch of …
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Apple TV has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of an explosion in online video. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple TV appears to be the hobby people keep coming back to. The computer maker’s streaming-media box saw its share of TV Everywhere viewings doubled at the beginning of this year from the end of last, outstripping main rival Roku, according to a …
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SoundCloud, led by CEO Alex Ljung, has grown into one of the biggest sources for music online — and one of the most complicated ones for rights holders. Stephen Shankland/CNET SoundCloud, a popular site for free listening of user-uploaded audio, has signed a licensing deal to work directly with — and pay — thousands of independent music labels and artists …
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Showtime’s cord-cutter app will allow subscribers to watch its full library of original shows, including a revival of “Twin Peaks” set to premiere next year. Showtime Showtime may sometimes weary of comparisons to HBO, but the rollout of its online app is cribbing from its rival’s script. The premium cable network said Tuesday that it would launch a standalone streaming …
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