Taylor Swift secures a major concession from Apple regarding artist payments within the 3 month free trial of Apple Music.
Taylor’s open letter to Apple posted on Tumblr June 21st 2015.
A personal highlight from the letter,
Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing.
And then from Eddy Cue (Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services) on Twitter,
We hear you @taylorswift13 and indie artists. Love, Apple
— Eddy Cue (@cue) June 22, 2015#AppleMusic will pay artist for streaming, even during customer’s free trial period
— Eddy Cue (@cue) June 22, 2015Thee BBC has a good summary article online.