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Micah Singleton

(He/Him)
Los Angeles
As seen in: Medium, MSN Australia, MSN Canada, CorranCast, Gizmodo, The Hollywood Reporter, The Verge, Billboard, The Daily Dot, Yahoo and
Covers:  apple, google, culture, social media, technology, consumer technology, music
Doesn't Cover: video games, enterprise technology
Global Media & Entertainment @amazon. Retired journalist.
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Tidal's Point Break: Jay Z’s music service has new apps, concert tickets, and a lot to prove

Tidal's Point Break: Jay Z’s music service has new apps, concert tickets, and a lot to prove

The Verge — Jay Z called me. It was just after 3PM on a Tuesday afternoon in mid-May — right after I’d attended his B-Sides concert in New York, and about a week into researching his Tidal music service. A few minutes before Jay called, I got a call from someone at Roc Nation telling me he wanted to have a chat. And I… tried to reschedule. I told Jay Z’s people I couldn’t talk right now. And then hung up. What Jay Z didn’t know is that I was running late for a haircut. I had just come off a flight, and my hair was looking rough. It was time to make a life decision: talk to Jay Z — rap legend, musical icon, one half of the closest thing we have to an American Royal Family — and look busted, or get a fresh cut and risk passing up a conversation with Shawn Carter himself. You don’t know how fast you can find a contact in your phone until it really matters.
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This was Sony Music's contract with Spotify

This was Sony Music's contract with Spotify

The Verge — Over the last year the music industry has been in flux as artists, labels, and streaming services jockey over the best way to build the future of their business. Taylor Swift pulled her catalog from Spotify; Tidal launched a new platform owned by artists, not record companies; and Apple is preparing to muscle in on the market with its own offering. The one thing missing from much of this discussion has been the details on how deals get done between these groups, but that is no longer the case.
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Rival music services say Apple's App Store pricing is anticompetitive

Rival music services say Apple's App Store pricing is anticompetitive

The Verge — Universal Music Group has been the main music label leveling pressure against Spotify to abandon its free tier, according to sources. Earlier this week, The Verge reported that Apple has been pushing music labels to force Spotify to get rid of its free tier ahead of Apple’s relaunch of its Beats streaming service, a move that has drawn the attention of the Department of Justice and, more formally, the Federal Trade Commission, which is leading the inquiry. Spotify's issues with Apple don't end there — the way Apple runs the App Store has come under scrutiny from the streaming service and others in the industry.
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Apple pushing music labels to kill free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch

Apple pushing music labels to kill free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch

The Verge — The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are looking closely into Apple’s business practices in relation to its upcoming music streaming service, according to multiple sources. The Verge has learned that Apple has been pushing major music labels to force streaming services like Spotify to abandon their free tiers, which will dramatically reduce the competition for Apple’s upcoming offering. DOJ officials have already interviewed high-ranking music industry executives about Apple’s business habits, but it appears the FTC has taken the lead in recent weeks.
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To Pimp a Butterfly: Kendrick Lamar's new album is perfect

To Pimp a Butterfly: Kendrick Lamar's new album is perfect

The Verge — I’ve never been afraid to listen to an album. It’s a strange feeling. Music can elicit a number of emotions — tears, unbridled happiness, a wave of calmness, a strong stank face — but fear usually isn’t drawn out by music. It’s not something that artists strive to pull out of their audience. And yet that’s where I found myself on Sunday night, sitting in a restaurant in Harlem when I got the message that Kendrick Lamar’s sophomore album To Pimp A Butterfly had been released a week before its March 23rd date. I wasn’t ready. I didn’t want to hear it yet. I needed time to prepare. There’s too much riding on this album.
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Defining privacy in the age of wearable cameras

Defining privacy in the age of wearable cameras

The Daily Dot — The age of wearables began on April 5, 2012. At a private event, Google cofounder Sergey Brin entered wearing a prototype of Project Glass, now known as Google Glass. When it was first announced, Project Glass appeared to be the first artifact of the technology-filled future we've seen and heard about for years ( Minority Report and elsewhere). Project Glass would provide an overlay of information so useful we would never want to take them off. In actuality, it was the first stepping stone to the next generation of technology, not its culmination.
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Apple TV Could Finally Unlock Its Full Potential This Year

Apple TV Could Finally Unlock Its Full Potential This Year

Gizmodo — The Apple TV hasn't evolved much over the last couple of years. Sure, it's gotten a handful of new apps, but the format-locked down, bland-has stayed the same since its 2010 redesign. But while Apple didn't talk about its set-top box much at its developer conference this month, it showed that it finally has the pieces in place to turn Apple TV into a living room behemoth. Seamless Syncing Continuity, Apple's tagline for apps that can seamlessly sync between Mac and iOS, looks to be headed to the Apple TV, according to 9to5Mac. What would that mean in practice?
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Why Apple's Beats buy is genius

Why Apple's Beats buy is genius

The Daily Dot — It's been made clear by the many reports and unnamed sources from every reputed site on the Internet-and by Tyrese-that Beats Electronics will soon be acquired by Apple for around $3.2 billion. But what has not been made clear is why, and why now. Many have questioned whether Apple has run out of ideas-but this is one of the best decisions Apple has made in years. There are three main reasons why this deal likely happened, and all three show that Apple CEO Tim Cook has a keen awareness of the position his company finds itself in and is willing to make the necessary changes to keep Apple on top.
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