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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, May 29, 2014
 

 

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  • "Did Tim Cook Pay $3 Billion For His Successor?" ["Will Iovine replace Cook like Jobs replaced Amelio? If so, this deal could be a catalyst for Apple stock. Will Iovine replace Cook like Jobs replaced Amelio? If so, this deal could be a catalyst for Apple stock. ... Beats' co-founders Iovine and Dr. Dre will work for Apple. According to the Times they will report to Apple's content chief, Eddie Cue, who reports to Cook. But with all the lavish praise of Iovine's ability to inspire talent to write hits and to envision how the music industry will evolve, he evokes memories of Jobs' creative genius."]  Forbes 8:29 AM
  • "How Beats Helps Apple: Apple makes the largest acquisition in its history. What buying Beats means for the company and for you." [Video Report] New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:34 AM
  • "Apple's Cook Can't Afford to Miss a Beat: Buying Beats Is Such a Departure for Apple That It Raises Concerns About the Company's Creative Mojo" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:59 PM
  • "A tale of two Apples/Tim Cook's instruction from Steve Jobs was clear: Don't let Apple become paralyzed like Disney did in the wake of Walt Disney's death, endlessly asking what the esteemed founder would do in any given situation. The only directive from Jobs's tenure that mattered after his death was the one that freed Cook and everyone else at Apple from playing 'What Would Steve Do?'" Macworld 2:50 PM
  • "A New Irreverent Spirit at Apple: It had been only four hours since Jimmy Iovine had agreed to sell Beats Electronics to Apple for $3 billion, but it was clear that he had already gotten the corporate memo." ["Mr. Iovine's irrepressible spirit — and his willingness to simply declare something to be reality regardless of the complexity of the facts — bears a marked resemblance to the 'reality distortion field' that Mr. Jobs so famously emanated. ... Mr. Iovine said he and Dr. Dre, his Beats co-founder, had long considered the folks at Apple, especially Mr. Cue and the late Mr. Jobs, to be kindred spirits. 'We met with the guys, and what we realized is they get it,' he said. 'They have feel. They understand culture.'"]  New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 8:47 AM
  • "With Beats Music Service, Apple Goes Against the Wisdom of Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs always hated the idea of music subscriptions. More than once, I tried to convince him that it was the way of the future. But he would mock me, citing the pathetic track record of the companies hawking subscriptions of unlimited music that go away when you stopped paying. People want to own music, he'd insist." Wired 1:47 PM
  • "Tim Cook on Beats purchase: They 'will help extend the Apple ecosystem in the future'" Mobilesyrup 3:41 PM
  • "5 things to know about Apple's duet with Beats: Apple CEO Tim Cook believes he made a 'killer' deal with $3 billion acquisition of Beats" Associated Press 8:58 AM
  • "Apple hopes Beats co-founder's 'ear' can help amid 'dying' music industry" Reuters 8:59 AM
  • "Apple VP Eddy Cue and Beats Co-founder Jimmy Iovine on Steve Jobs (Video)" Re/code 8:08 AM
  • "Jimmy Iovine Joining Apple After Years of Boardroom Flirtations" Time 7:45 PM
  • "Apple Has Best Product Lineup in 25 Years, Says Content Chief" Re/code 8:08 AM
  • "Post-Apple Buy, Beats Music Will Still Be on Android, Windows Phone" Re/code 8:09 AM
  • "Apple's Eddy Cue Says Today's TV Sucks" Re/code 8:09 AM
  • "Beats' Jimmy Iovine Breaks Down Difference Between Tech and Hollywood" Re/code 8:10 AM
  • "Jimmy Iovine Says Beats-HTC Partnership 'Crashed and Burned'" Re/code 8:09 AM
  • "Apple has its best product lineup in 25 years in store for 2014, says iTunes head Cue" CNET 8:06 AM
  • "iTunes head Cue and Beat's Iovine: Apple will put Beats on steroids" CNET 8:06 AM
  • "Beats Has to Claim Key Music Role at Apple: Klein" Bloomberg TV 9:30 AM
  • "Apple's rich enough to buy Beats with movie-date money: The $2.6B in cash amounted to just 1.7% of Apple's horde" Computerworld 8:37 AM
  • "Apple's Beats buy is two-sided for music streaming: Apple's purchase of Beats could lift music streaming boats or devalue the stand-alone product" Associated Press 3:22 PM
  • "Apple Agrees to Buy Beats Electronics for $3 Billion" Bloomberg 9:30 AM
  • "Apple pays $3 billion for Beats in the company's largest ever acquisition" ARN 8:31 AM
  • "Apple to buy Beats for $3 billion in streaming music gambit" IDG News Service 8:24 AM
  • "Eleven Days of iPhone Sales Pays for $3B Beats Buy"  Bloomberg TV 2:54 PM
  • "Apple seeks to work Jobs magic on the internet of??things" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 2:49 PM
  • "Here's how Apple's smart home program will work" Gigaom 3:15 PM
  • "Samsung seeking reversal or adjustment of Apple's $929 million and $119 million jury verdicts" Foss Patents 8:21 AM