Primephonic was a classical music streaming service that was acquired by Apple in 2021.
Envisioned as a supplement to major streaming services, Primephonic aimed to address the classical music niche with search features customized for the genre, hand-coded metadata, and compensation for artists based on time streamed, not tracks played.
[1] Access to the service ultimately ceased in September 2021.
[2] In 2020, Henrique Boregio, the company's chief technology officer (CTO), stated that a majority of Primephonic's users "are age 55 plus and are highly educated and relatively well off".
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