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Apple Agrees to Buy Beats Electronics for $3 Billion
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Apple Inc. agreed to buy Beats Electronics LLC for $3 billion, its biggest-ever acquisition, nabbing a popular line of headphones and a nascent subscription music-streaming service as the iPhone maker seeks to rev up growth.
Beats founders Dr. Dre and music-industry executive Jimmy Iovine will join Apple, the companies said in a statement yesterday. The purchase price is $2.6 billion, with $400 million more that will vest over time. The acquisition is projected to close in the quarter that ends in September.