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Ua hōʻoia ʻo Apple ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hana i kāna loaʻa nui loa i ka mōʻaukala. No ʻekolu piliona kālā (60,5 biliona lei aliʻi), ʻo Beats Electronics, ka mea i ʻike ʻia no kāna mau poʻo poʻomanaʻo, e loaʻa i kahi lawelawe hoʻoheheʻe mele a, ʻo ka mea hope akā ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi loa, nā pilina koʻikoʻi i ka honua mele.

E uku aku ʻo Apple i $2,6 biliona ma ke kālā a me $400 miliona ma ke kumukūʻai no Beats Music, kahi lawelawe hoʻoheheʻe mele i kau inoa ʻia, a me Beats Electronics, ʻaʻole ia e hana i nā headphone wale nō akā i nā mea ʻōlelo a me nā polokalamu leo ​​ʻē aʻe.

ʻO nā kāne koʻikoʻi ʻelua o Beats e hui pū me Apple - rap star Dr. ʻO Dre a me ka mea kūkākūkā loea, ka luna mele a me ka mea hana ʻo Jimmy Iovine. ʻAʻole ʻo Apple e pani i ka brand Beats, akā naʻe, e hoʻomau ia e hoʻohana iā ia ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana, ʻo ia kahi hana i ʻike ʻole ʻia e like ʻole i ka mōʻaukala o ka hui Apple.

ʻO Dr. Wahi a ka poʻe he nui, ʻo Dre lāua ʻo Jimmy Iovine ka pahuhopu nui o Apple, no ka mea, he mau pilina maikaʻi loa lāua ma ka ʻoihana mele, hiki ke maʻalahi ke kūlana o ka hui Kaleponi ma nā kūkākūkā like ʻole, inā paha e pili ana i kāna lawelawe streaming mele, akā. no ka laʻana e pili ana i ka wikiō, ke neʻe nei ʻo Iovine ma kēia wahi pū kekahi. E haʻalele ʻo ia i kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o ka hui mele Interscope Records ma hope o 25 mau makahiki a me Dr. ʻO Dre, nona ka inoa maoli ʻo Andre Young, e hui pū me Apple i ka manawa piha.

Ua hōʻike ʻo Iovine e hana nā mea ʻelua i nā māhele uila a me nā mele streaming, a e ʻimi e hoʻopili i ka ʻenehana a me nā ʻoihana ʻoliʻoli. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Iovine e kapa ʻia ko lākou mau kūlana hou ʻo "Jimmy a me Dre," no laila ʻaʻole paha e noho ma ka hoʻokele kiʻekiʻe o Apple, e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia.

"He mea kaumaha loa ia aia ma kahi o Berlin Wall i kūkulu ʻia ma waena o Silicon Valley a me LA," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Apple CEO ʻo Tim Cook ma ka loaʻa ʻana, e pili ana i ka pilina o nā honua ʻelua, ʻo ka ʻenehana a me ka ʻoihana hōʻike. "ʻAʻole mahalo nā mea ʻelua i kekahi i kekahi, ʻaʻole maopopo kekahi i kekahi. Manaʻo mākou e loaʻa ana iā mākou kahi kālena kakaʻikahi me kēia mau keonimana. Makemake mākou i kā lākou hoʻohālike lawelawe inoa inoa no ka mea manaʻo mākou ʻo lākou ka mea mua e hoʻokō pono ai," wahi a Tim Cook.

"He wahi koʻikoʻi ka mele o ko mākou ola āpau, a he wahi kūikawā nō hoʻi i loko o ko mākou puʻuwai ma Apple. ʻO ia ke kumu e hoʻokomo mau ai mākou i ke mele a hui pū i kēia mau hui kupaianaha i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana i nā huahana mele a me nā lawelawe hou loa, "wahi a Cook, ʻaʻole ia i wehewehe i ke ʻano o ka rapprochement o nā hui ʻelua - Apple a me Beats - e hana ʻia. I kēia manawa, ʻike ʻia nā lawelawe hoʻokūkū ʻelua, ʻo Beats Music a me iTunes Radio, e noho pū ana ma ka ʻaoʻao. E hāʻule ʻo Beats Music i kēia manawa ma lalo o ka mana o Eddy Cue, ʻoiai ʻo Beats hardware e hoʻomalu ʻia e Phil Schiller.

"Ua ʻike mau wau i loko o koʻu puʻuwai ʻo Beats no Apple," ʻo Jimmy Iovine, he hoaaloha lōʻihi o Steve Jobs, i pane aku ai i ke kūʻai nui loa ma ka moʻolelo o Apple. "I ka wā i hoʻokumu ai mākou i ka hui, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ko mākou manaʻo e Apple a me kona hiki ʻole ke hoʻopili i ka moʻomeheu a me ka ʻenehana. He mea kupaianaha ka manaʻo hohonu o Apple i nā mea pā mele, nā mea pena, nā haku mele a me ka ʻoihana mele holoʻokoʻa.

Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia ka ʻaelike holoʻokoʻa me nā hana āpau a hiki i ka hopena o ka makahiki.

Puna: WSJ, ka Verge
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