Apple’s ad-supported iTunes Radio service, announced Monday, chops...
Apple’s ad-supported iTunes Radio service, announced Monday, chops a third off the price of Pandora’s annual music subscription fee for customers who choose the $24.95 annual iTunes Match version. Users willing to listen to commercials can use the service for…
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free, Apple said. ITunes Match leverages Apple’s iCloud ecosystem, allowing iTunes Match customers to access all of their music -- from iTunes Radio, imported tracks from CDs and their iTunes libraries stored in iCloud, it said. Another tie-in to the Apple ecosystem is the ability to buy or tag a track on the radio with one click, Apple said. According to an Apple statement, iTunes Radio evolves along with a user’s listening habits. “The more you use iTunes Radio and iTunes, the more it knows what you like to listen to and the more personalized your experience becomes through iTunes,” Apple said. ITunes Radio promises access to “thousands of new songs every week” and to deliver exclusive music from new and popular artists. It will deliver live streams of special events, the company said. According to reports from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, where iTunes Radio was announced, iTunes Radio will be built into iOS 7, the iOS Music app, Apple TV and iTunes.