Apple Music to get more intuitive UI, expanded Beats 1 radio, 'marketing blitz' at WWDC: "Citing sources familiar with the company's plans, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Apple plans better integration between Apple Music and iTunes, and also plans to expand its Beats 1 radio service. In addition, Apple is also said to be planning a major ad campaign to promote the changes."

And the BEATS go on...

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Apple's 'arrogance' wrought mediocre iTunes Radio and led to Beats buy, report says: "Amid the furor of Apple's $3 billion purchase of Beats, pundits asked why the Cupertino company would sink so much capital into what amounts to a brand name. A report on Thursday now claims a shortsighted and credulous iTunes management team put out an inferior product in iTunes Radio, which in turn forced the acquisition."

Well, huzzah.

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The history of Beats Electronics: from inception to Apple | VentureBeat | Business | by Harrison Weber: "A video surfaces on Facebook which appears to drunkenly confirm the news."

Think secret I think not!

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9to5Mac: Apple iPhone, Mac and iPad News Breaking All Day: "This won’t be the first time someone suggested Apple could start its own record label. But with Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, two music industry heavyweights that have built some of the world’s biggest record labels rumored to be getting creative roles at Apple, it’s interesting to imagine what influence Iovine and friends could have on Apple’s approach to content."

Yes, and it could be the first major record label in recent history to accurately account for expenses and pay artists fairly. In short, a revolution.

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Beats by Apple: Why a deal makes sense -- and what it says about today's Apple | VentureBeat | Media | by Devindra Hardawar
Apple’s biggest potential acquisition ever is also its most confusing."

It's not confusing to people who make and listen to music. It's confusing to upper middle class fans of bland corporate rock.

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