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苹果30亿美元收购Beats Apple has confirmed it will buy headphone maker and music-streaming service provider Beats Electronics. 苹果公司证实，将收购耳机制造商以及音乐流媒体服务提供商Beats Electronics。 Beats headphones are already sold alongside Apple products ? The deal is worth a total of $3bn, and is thought to be Apples largest acquisition（获得） to date.? ? As part of the acquisition, Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr Dre will join the technology firm. ? Apple boss Tim Cook said the deal would allow the firm to continue to create the most innovative music products and services in the world. ? In a statement, Apple said it is paying an initial $2.6bn for Beats, and approximately $400m that will vest over time. ? Beats was founded in 2008 by music producer Jimmy Iovine and hip-hop star Dr Dre and until recently was best known for its headphones.? ? It started a subscription-based music streaming service earlier this year. ? Apple has its own iTunes store, the worlds largest music download service, and launched iTunes Radio last year. ? But despite having been an early pioneer of digital music, the Californian firm has been facing increased competition from subscription services such as Spotify, Pandora and Rdio. ? However, Beats music service only has about 250,000 paying subscribers, compared with Spotifys 10 million. 2