June 26, 2015

Taylor Swift Brings Apple to Its Knees

Taylor Swift single-handedly brought Apple to its knees, pushing the company to pay royalties to artists during the free three-month trial membership of Apple Music, set to launch June 30. How did this 25-year-old Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter get her way? By sharing her ire publicly. On Sunday, Swift wrote a post on Tumblr citing her concern that Apple would not be paying artists royalties for songs played on Apple Music during trial memberships of the new…

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