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The company is in talks with Florence and the
Machine to give Apple limited streaming rights to a track from
their album set to be released in June, Bloomberg said.
Apple has also approached Taylor Swift and others about
partnerships, the report said.
Apple declined to comment.
Beats Music will be re-launched in coming months. There will be
a $9.99-a-month subscription for individuals and a family plan
for $14.99, according to sources, Bloomberg said.
Music streaming service Tidal, launched last month by rapper Jay
Z, is also trying to convince artists to sign exclusive deals
for their content, to fend off competition from services such as
Spotify and Google Inc's YouTube.
Apple bought audio equipment and music streaming company Beats
for about $3 billion in May 2014, hoping to catch up in
fast-growing music streaming industry.
(Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing by
Ken Wills)
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