At the beginning of the year, a rumor jumped that pointed to the possible departure of Jimmy Iovine from Apple next August, since it was 4 years since Apple bought Beats Electronics, and he could already sell the shares he had received as part of payment, along with rapper Dr, Dre, Ian Rogers and Trent Reznor, the other owners of Beats Music when it was bought by Apple.
Iovine was forced to deny that information, stating that it was totally false and that I had plans to stay with the company. What he did not specify was that his role as the main person in charge, alongside Eddy Cue, of Apple Music would take a back seat.
As published by The Wall Street Journal, Iovine will become a consultant from August, ceasing to be one of the top managers of Apple's streaming music service, so he will not have daily obligations, but his work will become much less important than it currently has.
According to this newspaper, Iovine, wants to spend more time with his family And he has decided that it is time to start to stop working so much and focus on enjoying his family, in addition to all the money he was able to earn after the sale of Beats Electronics and later working for Apple as the head of Apple Music.
The, almost, departure of Iovine from Apple, is the last tie that until now united Apple with Beats Electronics, since both Dr. Dree, Ian Rogers and Trent Reznor, they had left the company long ago, although they continue to collaborate occasionally through Beats 1, the main Apple Music station.
Since officially unveiling in June 0, the Cupertino-based company has managed to draw the attention of more than 38 million users, according to the latest figures officially announced a few days ago by Eddy Cue.