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I-Apple ikuqinisekisile ukuthi ngempela isethelwe ukwenza ukuthenga kwayo okukhulu emlandweni. Ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu (ama-60,5 bhiliyoni imiqhele), i-Beats Electronics, eyaziwa ngama-headphone ayo adumile, izothola isevisi yokusakaza umculo futhi, okokugcina, ukuxhumana okunomthelela emhlabeni womculo.

I-Apple izokhokha imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2,6 zamaRandi kanye namaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-400 esitokweni se-Beats Music, isevisi yokusakaza umculo esekelwe ekubhaliseni, kanye ne-Beats Electronics, eyenza hhayi kuphela ama-headphones kodwa nezipikha nezinye isofthiwe yomsindo.

Amadoda amabili abaluleke kakhulu e-Beats nawo azojoyina i-Apple - isihlabani somculo we-rap uDkt. Dre kanye nomxoxisi ongumakadebona, imenenja yomculo kanye nomdidiyeli uJimmy Iovine. I-Apple ngeke ivale uhlobo lwe-Beats, ngokuphambene nalokho, izoqhubeka nokuyisebenzisa ngisho nangemva kokutholwa, okuyisinyathelo esingakaze sibonwe ngokuphelele esingenakuqhathaniswa emlandweni wenkampani ye-Apple.

UDkt. Ngokusho kwabaningi, uDre noJimmy Iovine bekufanele kube yibo ababeziqondise ku-Apple, njengoba bobabili benokuxhumana okuhle kakhulu kuyo yonke imboni yomculo, okungenza isikhundla senkampani yaseCalifornia sibe lula kakhulu ezingxoxweni ezihlukahlukene, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kufanele kube mayelana nenkonzo yokusakaza umculo, kodwa. futhi isibonelo mayelana nevidiyo, i-Iovine ihamba kule ndawo futhi. Manje uzoshiya isikhundla sakhe njengosihlalo wenkampani yokuqopha i-Interscope Records ngemuva kweminyaka engu-25 kanye noDkt. UDre, ogama lakhe langempela ngu-Andre Young, uzojoyina i-Apple ngokugcwele.

U-Iovine udalule ukuthi bobabili bazosebenza emkhakheni we-electronics nokusakaza umculo, futhi bazofuna ukuvala izimboni zezobuchwepheshe nezokuzijabulisa. U-Iovine uthe izikhundla zabo ezintsha zizobizwa ngokuthi “uJimmy no-Dre,” ngakho-ke akekho ongeke ahlale kubaphathi abaphezulu bakwa-Apple, njengoba bekucatshangwa.

"Kuliqiniso elibuhlungu ukuthi cishe kunodonga lwaseBerlin olwakhiwe phakathi kweSilicon Valley ne-LA," kuphawula i-CEO ye-Apple u-Tim Cook mayelana nokutholwa kwempahla, ebhekisela ekuxhumaneni kwale mihlaba yomibili, ezobuchwepheshe kanye nebhizinisi lokubonisa. “Abahloniphani laba ababili, abazwani. Sicabanga ukuthi sithola ithalente eliyivelakancane nalaba banene. Siyayithanda imodeli yabo yesevisi yokubhaliselwe ngoba sicabanga ukuthi bangabokuqala ukuyilungisa,” kuthakasela uTim Cook.

“Umculo uyingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu empilweni yethu yonke, futhi unendawo ekhethekile ezinhliziyweni zethu kwa-Apple. Yingakho sihlale sitshala imali emculweni futhi sihlanganisa la maqembu angajwayelekile ukuze siqhubeke nokwakha imikhiqizo namasevisi omculo asha kakhulu,” kwengeza u-Cook, ongakacacisi ukuthi ukuhlangana kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili - i-Apple neBeats - kuzokwenzeka. Okwamanje, kubukeka sengathi zombili izinsiza ezincintisanayo, i-Beats Music ne-iTunes Radio, zizoba ndawonye. I-Beats Music manje izoba ngaphansi kolawulo luka-Eddy Cue, kuyilapho izingxenyekazi ze-Beats zizolawulwa ngu-Phil Schiller.

"Ngangihlala ngazi enhliziyweni yami ukuthi ama-Beats awakwa-Apple," uJimmy Iovine, umngane omdala kaSteve Jobs ongasekho, uphendule ekuthengeni okukhulu kakhulu emlandweni we-Apple. “Ngesikhathi sisungula inkampani, umbono wethu wagqugquzelwa i-Apple kanye nekhono layo elingenakuqhathaniswa lokuxhuma isiko nobuchwepheshe. Ukuzinikela okujulile kwe-Apple kubalandeli bomculo, abaculi, ababhali bezingoma nakuwo wonke umkhakha womculo kuyamangalisa.”

Kulindeleke ukuthi isivumelwano sonke sivalwe ngayo yonke imicikilisho ekupheleni konyaka.

Umthombo: I-WSJ, I-Verge
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