Jimmy Iovine
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"James" ""Jimmy"" "Iovine" is an American entrepreneur, record producer, and film producer. He is best known as the co-founder of Interscope Records and chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M. In 2006, Iovine teamed with Dr. Dre to found Beats Electronics, a company which produces audio products and operates a music streaming service. The company was purchased by Apple Inc./Apple for $3 billion in May 2014.

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The people at Apple fully understand the interaction between musicians and their audience.

He's the Smokey Robinson of the hip-hop era, ... People don't realize and always forget that you don't get to where he's gotten without real talent.

I don't think its time yet.

50 is born with something that God gives you called charisma.

I believe that he really feels that everybody isn't hooked yet into the whole concept. You make it affordable, at a reasonable price, so they can learn about it. It's not an unreasonable position.

I don't think it's time yet. We need to convert a lot more people to the habit of buying music online. I don't think a way to convert more people is to raise the price.