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Apple will pay $450 million after losing ebooks price-fixing appeal

A federal appeals court has shot down Apple’s challenge to a 2013 ruling finding the company guilty of fixing ebook prices, The Wall Street Journal reports. Apple had already agreed to pay $450 million, mostly to consumers, so long as the decision was not overturned. Today’s 2-1 ruling from the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan seals the deal.

The first song on Beats 1 was Spring King's City

Zane Lowe just kicked off Beats 1 radio on Apple Music with a short and sweet introduction and a little bit of hype for the first song, which was… “City,” by Spring King. Haven’t heard of them? That’s right in line with the whole vibe of the station, which is all about human curators and tastemakers. It is not clear if those tastemakers will be screaming “worldwide!” and “here we

Apple 'assessing next steps' after e-books antitrust ruling

Apple Inc said Tuesday that it was assessing its next steps after a U.S. court upheld a trial judge’s decision concluding that the iPad maker conspired with five publishers to increase e-book prices. In a statement issued after the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York handed down its 2-1 decision, the company maintained that it did not conspire to fix e-book prices, as the U.S. Justice Department