Apple Welcomes Beats to the Family as Beats Electronics Closes Its Online Store

Apple today updated its website with a new page celebrating its acquisition of Beats Electronics and Beats Music.

Today we are excited to officially welcome Beats Music and Beats Electronics to the Apple family. Music has always held a special place in our hearts, and we’re thrilled to join forces with a group of people who love it as much as we do. Beats cofounders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre have created beautiful products that have helped millions of people deepen their connection to music. We’re delighted to be working with the team to elevate that experience even further.

And we can’t wait to hear what’s next.

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The page also links visitors to the the front page of the revamped Beats Electronics website, which contains a message from the Beats team about joining Apple.

As part of these changes, Beats Electronics also has confirmed the closure of its online store. Going forward, all transactions will be handled through Apple's Online Store and customers are advised to contact Apple about purchases made after August 1, 2014.

Apple's acquisition of Beats Electronics and Beats Music is moving forward, with the deal recently receiving regulatory approval from the European Commission. U.S. regulators are expected to weigh in on the deal in a decision to be announced sometime this quarter.

In other acquisition news, Bloomberg also reported that Vivendi sold its 13 percent stake in Beats Electronics to Apple for $404 million. This stake was held by Vivendi's Universal Music Group.

Update 7:48 AM: Apple has confirmed to TechCrunch that U.S. regulators have indeed signed off on the deal, finalizing Apple's acquisition of Beats.

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Dilster3k Avatar
143 months ago
There's something that feels so wrong about this, I don't know what it is but... Feels wrong.
Score: 37 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DarkCole Avatar
143 months ago
Sorry I still don't like this.
Score: 35 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Eddy Munn Avatar
143 months ago
I'm all for Apple, Beats Music & Beats Electronics working along side to make even better products & services.
Happy it's now official from Apple.
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Dulcimer Avatar
143 months ago
Crappy speakers? Sweeet!

The current speakers are terrible. Beats speakers surely cannot be any worse.
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Planey28 Avatar
143 months ago
They really could have spent that $3bn on something better imo... but what do I know.
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
GizmoDVD Avatar
143 months ago
beats speakers on MacBooks soon? ^^

Crappy speakers? Sweeet!
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