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> Revolutionary Really Apple Revolutionary? You are years late tot he game and you bought Beats. Revolutionary and you have Jimmy Iovinne do the presentation?
by baldfat 11y ago
> Revolutionary
Really Apple Revolutionary? You are years late tot he game and you bought Beats. Revolutionary and you have Jimmy Iovinne do the presentation?
- pavel_lishin 11y agoWho is Jimmy Iovinne, and what's with the juxtaposition of him and 'revolutionary'?
- k-mcgrady 11y agoHe's one of the world's most successful record producers and also co-founder of Interscope. He worked on Springsteen, Tom Petty, U2, Dire Straits, John Lennon records and more.
- arfliw 11y agoHe also cofounded Beats with Dr Dre and sold it to Apple. Many speculated that was partially a talent acquisition, to get him working on projects exactly like this.
- k-mcgrady 11y agoDid he co-found Beats? I couldn't confirm. AFAIK he joined up early and got lots of stock or something like that.
- arfliw 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beats_Electronics#Formation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beats_Electronics#Formation >The company was formally established in 2006,[1] a time when Iovine perceived two key problems in the music industry... My understanding is he essentially WAS Beats, with Dre lending his name and like consulting on style and whatnot. Iovine being the brains. That has carried over to Apple where Iovine works full-time and Dre does not. Apple wanted Iovine.
- baldfat 11y agoCan confirm he is amazing producer. Also can confirm that Apple was not able to do the job so they had to hire from the outside.
- Dirlewanger 11y agoIt took this instance of Apple's chronic weasel-word-using habit for you to question it?