Jimmy Iovine rails against 'freemium' price model, says most tech companies are 'culturally inept' At the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit on Wednesday, Apple executive Jimmy Iovine said free-to-stream and so-called "freemium" pricing models are killing the music industry, saying tech companies that offer such services are profiting on the backs of artists.

If we are to believe SILICON VALLEY (HBO), most tech companies are concerned about their burn rate and next round of financing (read: survival). Likely no time to worry about anything else.

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How-To: Record live Beats 1 radio shows on your Mac for free | 9to5Mac: "Apple’s Beats 1 global radio station went online this week, and its programming is already grabbing plenty of headlines. The challenge: just like conventional radio, the station doesn’t (yet) offer on-demand recordings of complete past shows."

Yay! If only I could listen to it on 10.8.5.

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Apple's 24-hour Beats 1 radio station goes live in 100 countries with Spring King, Beck, Jamie xx: "Apple on Tuesday began officially broadcasting Beats 1, its live, worldwide Internet radio station built into the iOS 8.4 Music app intended to promote new artists and songs, enhancing discovery for music lovers."

And the band played on.

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Apple Music looking for producer to curate original content & Beats 1 | 9to5Mac: "... looking to fill the role of Apple Music Producer, which it refers to as a ‘definitive point person’ for many design, UI, editorial, software, and marketing teams working on ‘important content and editorial initiatives within the music app.’"

A multi-disciplinary role to be sure.

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Apple Music ad blitz moves to Times Square with Beats 1 billboard: "Posted to Twitter by Beats 1 DJ Zane Lowe, the banner, sporting the catch phrase 'Worldwide. Always on,' dominates a billboard adorning the facade of the Marriott Marquis hotel. Apple shares ad space with T-Mobile, Disney's Aladdin Broadway musical and Liberty Basketball. "

Kind of cool. And hopefully a permanent end to payola.

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Apple Music to reportedly stream at 256kbps, below Beats Music and industry rivals: "According to Slashgear, Apple Music will stream 256kbps files, in line with Apple's current iTunes Match product. The report does not mention whether the bitrate is to be reserved for 'high quality' streaming, or made standard across both Apple Music and Beats 1 radio."

256kpbs arc sounds great to my ears.

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