Primephonic
| Industry | classical music streaming service |
|---|---|
| Defunct | 2021 |
| Successor | Apple |
| Website | music |
Primephonic was an Amsterdam-based classical music streaming service that was acquired by Apple in 2021. Primephonic aimed to address the classical music niche with search features customized for the genre, hand-coded metadata, and compensation for artists based on time streamed, not tracks played.[1] Access to the service ceased in September 2021.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]Primephonic was co-founded by CEO Thomas Steffens, Simon Eder, and Veronica Neo in 2014.[3][4][5] The company launched as a download service before adding streaming services in 2017.[4]
Primephonic launched in the United States in 2017.[6]
On August 30, 2021, Apple Inc. announced it had acquired Primephonic. Access to the service ended on September 7, 2021.[7] Apple Music planned to integrate Primephonic's assets into a similar classical music streaming service, Apple Music Classical, in 2022, but the service's release date was not announced until 2023 and was released on March 28, 2023.[8]
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Further reading
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External links
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