Apple Music hits some snags with release of Taylor Swift’s exclusive world tour documentary

It hasn’t been an easy ride for Apple Music and Taylor Swift. And now even if Apple has exclusive access to “1989 World Tour Live” documentary film, it started out rather bumpy. There were complaints over Twitter of the stream failing to start or stuttering or dropping every couple of minutes. There were even some who couldn’t find the video. But it seems a few hours after the video hit the service, a lot of those problems have been ironed out.

But while those have been fixed, there are some baked-in issues with Apple Music that The Verge has pointed out. These include the inability of AirPlay to play the documentary on all but the newest Apple TVs and the lack of fullscreen mode on the iPad. These are issues the service has to fix moving forward.

Source: The Verge

Taylor Swift to release concert film exclusively for Apple Music subscribers

Swift's gravitational pull is certain to draw newer artists into cutting exclusive deals with Apple Music, which can only help the upstart service gain momentum as it battles the likes of Spotify, Tidal, Pandora, Google Play Music and Microsoft Groove in the hotly contested streaming music service business. 

Taylor Swift has gone from challenging the idea of streaming music services, and calling out Apple Music to pay artists for streaming their music during the free trial period, to being the service's biggest ambassador.

Swift just announced Apple Music will have exclusive rights to show her 1989 World Tour LIVE Concert Film which comes on December 20th to subscribers worldwide. Seeing as Taylor Swift is arguably the biggest act in music today, this is a huge win for Apple Music as well as a shrewd move by Swift in aligning herself with one of the most powerful entities in the music industry.

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Ryan Adams’ hides easter egg in Shazam, lets you listen to his cover of Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’

Ryan Adams is taking advantage of the new Shazam platform that lets them share content with fans. Aside from getting to listen to his take on Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood,” you’ll be able to hear the full version of “Blank Space” as well. Ryan Adams has made it a project to cover Swift’s entire 1989 album and give it a The Smiths-style treatment.

Source: The Next Web