Mediagazer: Apple didn't want Beats, it needed Beats (Ben Popper/The Verge)

9:45 PM ET, May 29, 2014

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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Apple didn't want Beats, it needed Beats

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Bill Mickey / Folio:

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Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:

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Jessica Guynn / USA Today:

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Ben Sisario / New York Times:

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