Free or fee?

The plans are so extensive regulators in Europe and the US are asking music business execs questions about Apple and its attempts to persuade labels to withdraw their content from free music streaming services in favor of charging a fee.

Spotify would be particularly impacted by such proposals — just 15 million of its 60 million listeners pay a fee.

Apple wants to give its soon to appear new streaming service a fair chance. The company has been prepping iTunes improvements and a new curated music streaming service since last year’s $3 billion acquisition of Beats.

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