Apple’s iTunes Radio internet radio service is heading behind its Apple Music paywall, BuzzFeed News has reported.BuzzFeed has reported that Apple announced the move in an email to customers on Friday, with iTunes Radio to go behind the paywall on January 29.
iTunes Radio had launched in 2013, employing an ad-supported format.
“We are making Beats 1 the premier free broadcast from Apple and phasing out the ad-supported stations at the end of January,” BuzzFeed reported an Apple spokesperson as stating.
“Additionally, with an Apple Music membership, listeners can access dozens of radio stations curated by our team of music experts, covering a range of genres, commercial-free with unlimited skips. The free three-month trial of Apple Music includes radio.”
Apple Music launched in June last year, going up against the likes of rival streaming services such as Spotify.
Apple Music now has more than 10 million subscribers, the Financial Times recently reported people familiar with the matter as stating.
