Apple has opened a new front in the battle of the music streaming services: it's encouraging more artists and record labels to release music in spatial audio. Tracks mixed for spatial audio will get ...

Apple will reward record labels and artists who offer their music in spatial audio, a relatively new audio format that is more immersive than regular stereo. According to a Bloomberg report, artists ...

As we reported last month, Apple really, really, really wants musicians to release tracks in Spatial Audio: it's giving those tracks extra weighting in search results to make them more visibility, and ...

Independent record labels have expressed concerns about Apple's plans to pay more money for songs recorded in Spatial Audio, claiming it will only benefit the biggest companies in the marketplace, ...

Apple Music hopes to increase its Spatial Audio music offering by paying artists up to 10% more royalties as long as they've published songs in the format. Dolby Atmos music, which Apple has dubbed ...

Apple Music is now encouraging artists with a financial incentive to make their music available in Spatial Audio, which offers an immersive surround sound experience when listening with AirPods Pro, ...

Apple will begin encouraging artists and record labels to adopt Spatial Audio with royalty incentives, Bloomberg reports. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg says that Apple will ...

Apple is offering to pay artists more money if they provide Apple Music with versions of their songs recorded in the immersive Dolby Atmos Music format, according to a report from Bloomberg. On the ...

Labels representing Phoebe Bridgers and Vampire Weekend say Apple’s royalty bonus will take money away from anyone who can’t afford the higher production costs. Labels representing Phoebe Bridgers and ...

Apple Music will give higher royalty payments to music released on the streaming service in the more immersive Spatial Audio, the company announced on Monday. “As our technologies continue to evolve ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The 10 percent increased payout will apply to all Apple Music tracks with spatial audio, even if users don’t ...

Apple’s new plan to give a higher cut of royalties to artists who offer spatial audio has pissed off some indie labels, who argue it will take potential earnings away from them in favor of companies ...