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Apple's New Music Service Joins The Streaming Scene

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Apple logos adorn the exterior of the Moscone West building on the first day of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 8, 2015. The maker of iPods and iPhones is expected to announce its new, paid streaming-music service to launch this summer. (Jeff Chiu/AP)
Apple logos adorn the exterior of the Moscone West building on the first day of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 8, 2015. The maker of iPods and iPhones is expected to announce its new, paid streaming-music service to launch this summer. (Jeff Chiu/AP)

Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference is being held today in San Francisco. The big reveal? Apple Music, a new music-streaming service many expected after Apple purchased Beats Electronics for $3 billion last year.

Derek Thompson, senior editor of The Atlantic, joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to discuss Apple's new service and how streaming has changed the music industry.

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This segment aired on June 8, 2015.

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