Tag: Apple Music

Bango now manages 25.6 million active subscriptions, up 33% year over year, while subscription revenue has grown to 47% of total revenue. Most of that growth is coming from existing customers adding more services, showing how Bango’s becoming a larger…

Apple's bundling Apple TV and Apple Arcade into paid iCloud+ plans across more than 100 countries, turning streaming into a retention benefit for its broader services business. The move gives Apple more ways to justify content spending through storage upgrades,…

Apple is handing the CEO role to John Ternus on September 1, with Tim Cook moving to executive chairman, in a succession move that keeps leadership stable but shifts the company toward a more product-led posture. The change matters because…

Media power is shifting away from content ownership alone and toward the control layers that sit underneath production, discovery, metadata, and distribution.

TikTok and Apple Music are connecting music discovery directly to monetized streaming with a new “Play Full Song” feature that lets Apple Music subscribers launch full tracks from within the TikTok feed. The integration reduces friction between viral discovery and…

Apple TV ended 2025 with record-breaking engagement, up 36% in total viewing hours year-over-year, driven by Pluribus, F1, and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Despite continued silence on subscriber counts, Apple positioned Apple TV as a core part of its growing…

Kirby spotlights TikTok’s soft launch of its ‘TikTok for Artists’ platform as a bold step toward owning the future of creator-led media. The new tools give artists full control over fan engagement, data, and monetization—something CTV platforms will forever gatekeep.…

From the Archives examines how MOG laid the foundation for modern music streaming. Launched in 2005, MOG evolved from a social music platform into a high-quality streaming service, pioneering features like personalized recommendations, multi-platform accessibility, and in-car streaming. Acquired by…