iTunes Radio getting subscription service?

[Frankied22]

With the rumors of Apple making iTunes Radio its own app and them redesigning iTunes, do you think Apple will expand iTunes Radio to also offer a subscription streaming service? I would love it if they offered a service similar to Spotify, Rdio, or Google All Access for $9.99 and have access to all of the iTunes music catalog. Knowing Apple, they would probably make it really sleek and make it integrate well with their products.

 

[jeffe]

With the rumors of Apple making iTunes Radio its own app and them redesigning iTunes, do you think Apple will expand iTunes Radio to also offer a subscription streaming service? I would love it if they offered a service similar to Spotify, Rdio, or Google All Access for $9.99 and have access to all of the iTunes music catalog. Knowing Apple, they would probably make it really sleek and make it integrate well with their products.

Here is a recent article from billboard about it. The conclusion I get from it is that Apple really has little choice but to start a subscription service.

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articl...lming-start-to-itunes-radio-lights-fire-under

What is most interesting to me is that they are reporting that iTunes match only has a million subscribers. Apple can beat that with a subscription service I believe.