A look at the many ways Apple's Shazam acquisition, the app's data on its 150M users, and its R&D team can bolster Apple Music in its fight against Spotify
The MBW Review offers our take on some of the music biz's biggest recent goings-on. This time, Murray Stassen takes a gander … Tweets: @musically and @hbsmktg Tweets: @musically : A few thoughts, spa...
Apple has closed its acquisition of music recognition app Shazam and says it will soon become ad-free, in a deal sources say was for $400M
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Apple says it has completed its acquisition of Shazam, and the app will now be available ad-free for all users
Shazam App Will Soon Become Ad-Free For All Users — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced it has completed its acquisition of Shazam, one of the world's most popular …
EU regulators greenlight Apple's December 2017 acquisition of Shazam
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EU regulators greenlight Apple's December 2017 acquisition of Shazam
European regulators have given the green light to Apple's December 2017 acquisition of music and image recognition discovery firm Shazam. — Apple Music is the second largest music streaming service ...
Apple confirms it will buy Shazam music-recognition app
“We are thrilled that Shazam and its talented team will be joining Apple,” Apple said on Monday.
Sources: Apple to acquire music recognition app Shazam; one source puts the deal at about $400M; Shazam's post-money valuation after its 2015 funding was $1.02B
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Sources: Apple to acquire music recognition app Shazam; one source puts the deal at about $400M; Shazam's post-money valuation after its 2015 funding was $1.02B
As Spotify continues to inch towards a public listing, Apple is making a move of its own to step up its game in music services.