Apple Music, Spotify and other services pull racist music after investigation

Streaming music services had only limited success in purging racist songs from their catalogs. The BBC has discovered through an investigation (via AppleInsider) that Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and YouTube Music were all offering racist and homopho...

Porsche bakes Apple Podcasts and Apple Music lyrics into its Taycan EV

Porsche Taycan owners can stream Apple Podcasts without having to connect their iPhone over CarPlay. The automaker says it's the first native integration of the Podcasts app into any car.If you link your Apple ID to your Taycan, you can continue list...

Apple Music TV is a 24-hour stream of music videos, shows and events

Apple has rolled out a free music video channel called Apple Music TV. It's available in the browse tab on both the Apple Music and Apple TV apps, or you can check it out on the web.The channel will stream a curated selection of videos around the clo...

UK opens inquiry into whether music streaming is fair for artists

Even major artists have long claimed that music streaming services pay them a pittance, and the UK government now wants to look into those complaints. The country’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee is launching an inquiry (via BBC News) th...

Disney gets its own hub in Apple Music full of soundtracks and playlists

Disney and Apple have long had close ties — Steve Jobs was Disney’s largest single shareholder and Bob Iger was an Apple board member. The companies have cosied up a bit more this week. Apple started selling 4K Disney films through its movie store, a...

Apple One bundle offers Arcade, Music, TV+ and iCloud for $15 a month

The rumors were true. At its September event today, Apple officially announced its “Apple One” subscription bundle: a combination of Apple Arcade, Apple Music, Apple TV+ and iCloud (50GB) for $14.95 (£14.95) a month. That’s the individual plan, but t...

Apple renames Beats 1 and launches two new radio stations

Say goodbye to Apple Music’s Beats 1 — at least in name. Today, Apple announced it was rebranding its flagship radio station from Beats 1 to Apple Music 1. It’s a logical move, given that “Beats 1” was the only place Beats branding showed up in the A...