Spotify vs Apple Music | Dehumanizer
4/8/202643 min
It’s 2015 and Taylor Swift’s just thrown Apple Music into crisis. But as the Silicon Valley giant tries to get its music-streaming service back on track, its Swedish rival Spotify is about to launch a legal attack that will strike at the very heart of Apple’s business model.
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First 90 secondsDavid Brown· Host0:00
Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Business Wars ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app. It's June twenty-first, twenty fifteen. In nine days, Apple Music will go live, but right now the launch is in crisis. Earlier this morning, pop star Taylor Swift publicly rebuked Apple because it doesn't plan to pay artists for music streamed by users during Apple Music's three-month free trial. Her criticism spread quickly online, threatening Apple Music's attempt to brand itself as the more artist-friendly alternative to Spotify. Inside his Southern California home, Apple Music creative consultant Jimmy Iovine joins an urgent call with Apple executive Eddie Cue and CEO Tim Cook. Cue brings Cook up to speed.
Eddy Cue· Soundbite1:04
"Taylor's criticism is getting a lot of traction. This risks becoming the entire narrative around Apple Music."
David Brown· Host1:11
"Okay. Jimmy, does she have an argument?"
Jimmy Iovine· Soundbite1:14
"Well, yes, she does. She's saying people should get paid for their work. It's hard to argue against that."
David Brown· Host1:20
"Well, then we should pay. You two figure out how much." Ten minutes later in Nashville, Tennessee, Scott Borchetta,