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As reported by TechCrunch, Prince has pulled all his music from Spotify and Rdio.

However, Tidal is the one place you can still find his old music.

Although Prince was not one of the 16 acts who were identified as the “owners” of Tidal at its introduction in March, he has used it to showcase exclusive content such as the live stream of his Baltimore concert in May.

It means that a United States subscriber who would be paying $9.99 if they had signed up via Spotify’s own website is paying $12.99 a month to access the streaming music platform. In return, Apple keeps a 30 percent cut for all the in-app purchases that are made for these...

Earlier, Cue had revealed that the next iOS 9 beta with Apple Music would arrive later this week. But for now, at least, the streaming services seem to be rising together. Even though those will co-exist too.

Daniel Ek of Spotify, the Beggars Group label consortium and the almighty Taylor Swift (among many others) are among the many who have all inveighed, quipped or protested against Apple Music, which stands to profoundly reshape the music industry with its launch last week....

Prince’s music remains on Jay Z’s streaming service Tidal, which aims to give more money directly back into the hands of artists.

Spotify is one of the most popular online music streaming service of the moment. But it may have wished Steve Jobs was still around to nail the user experience and the timing of the launch. Now, when I want some music, I turn on Pandora (free) or Spotify, if I want to listen to...

Streaming: If you’ve used a service like Spotify or Pandora, then Apple Music’s streaming functionality will be pretty familiar.

It combines the music you’ve purchased through iTunes as well as the music you’ve added to your library from Apple Music.

Having agreed these terms, Pope says that PIAS endorsed and signed the agreement with Apple Music. “We think Apple Music provides artists with a business model that’s good for the long-term and we look forward to its launch”.

Apple Music already pays artists higher royalties than fellow streaming sites like Spotify – which Swift has pulled her music from – because there is no free model. The service is to start June 30. The 25-year-old singer demanded that the multinational technology...