June 1st - Apple's $3bn Purchase Places Emphasis on Curation

Apple Buys Beats Music for $3bn
Question Everything, Including Billboard Twitter Charts
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Trending: Your Brain and the State of Musical Preference
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Help Kickstart DELOOP, a Luxury Bag for Premium Headphones
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Project72 Campaign Launches to Ensure Fair Pay for Legendary Artists
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Here are the $3bn quotes from Swishberg’s interview with Beats’ Jimmy Iovine, right now at Code
via Pandodaily
The Beats Deal
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Before Beats: A Walk Through Apple's Digital Music History, 1977 to 2014
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Dr Dre: hip hop's entrepreneur is still running the game
via The Guardian
Costolo’s plan to make Twitter all about entertainment makes perfect sense
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Making Twitter Easier to Use
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What Coldplay Snubbing Spotify Means for Digital Music via Toms Guide
WIRED’s Guide to Music in 2014 via WIRED