Tag: jimmy iovine

We'd happily listen to Jimmy Iovine telling anecdotes about his time producing the likes of John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen.

For those of you who let your Christmas-gift vouchers moulder for a few months before using them, let Hipgnosis Songs Fund be your inspiration for speedy spending. The company has opened its wallet again this morning, but...

Formerly of Apple Music (and, of course, before that a long and storied career as a producer, label executive and headphonepreneur) Jimmy Iovine is getting into esports. No, he’s not in training for the next Fortnite...

Former Apple Music figurehead Jimmy Iovine has been interviewed by the New York Times about his views on music-streaming. “The streaming business has a problem on the horizon, and so does the music business. That doesn’t...

That speculation that Apple Music’s Jimmy Iovine is on his way out of the streaming service – and its parent company – won’t go away. This time it’s the Wall Street Journal reporting that Iovine “will transition...

Apple Music’s Jimmy Iovine has denied reports that he’s planning to leave the company in August when the last of his Apple shares vest under the terms of its 2014 acquisition of Beats Electronics. The reports emerged...

Apple Music’s latest milestone should not be a surprise: the service’s growth rate has been such that it was on track to reach 30 million subscribers by the autumn. In fact, we were surprised the announcement wasn’t...

Apple Music’s Jimmy Iovine has been making waves again, with an interview for Beats 1 in which he criticises labels for their handling of YouTube and safe harbour, suggesting that they are partly responsible for a decline...

Apple’s Jimmy Iovine has downplayed exclusives in Apple Music’s strategy, while not ruling out further such deals, in an interview with Variety. “I don’t lean on them too heavily myself,” he said. “We did ’em....

Apple Music’s Jimmy Iovine’s latest interview with Billboard is, characteristically, 70% bluster about why Apple is much better than its rivals. Journalists are criticised for “too many articles and not enough time...

Tidal’s $28m loss in 2015 has sparked a revival of speculation that the streaming service may be up for sale, with Apple thought to be the prime suitor. The only problem with that theory? Apple disagrees. Or to be specific,...

Apple has waded in to the music industry’s debate about the value of YouTube. Apple Music chief creative officer Trent Reznor addressed the topic in an interview with Billboard this week at the WWDC event, and made his...