Apple to Boost Music Service with Original TV Shows and Films

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Apple is planning to create its own television shows and movies in order to compete with rival streaming services, The Wall Street Journal reports.

My inbox fills up with both the famous and infamous, the known and the irrelevant, bitching about Spotify payments, they think the Swedish company is the devil. They believe Daniel Ek got rich off the backs of musicians and this wrong must be righted, that there will be no harmony until he is dethroned and the service pays them a higher rate.

But Spotify is already paying out 69%+ of its revenues.

What’s the truth? You’re being screwed by the label. And Spotify can’t say this, because the labels are their partners.

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