Amazon is reportedly mulling the launch of a free , ad - supported music streaming service , placing it in direct competition with iTunes , according to Billboard . Amazon is said to have offered to pay record labels for the streamed music , and it has existing relationships with those labels due to its CD sales and Amazon Music Unlimited service , meaning that rights to their songs will be fairly straightforward .
Amazon is reportedly mulling the launch of a free, ad-supported music streaming service, placing it in direct competition with Spotify, according to Billboard. Amazon is said to have offered to pay record labels for the streamed music, and it has existing relationships with those labels due to its CD sales and Amazon Music Unlimited service, meaning negotiating rights to their songs should be fairly straightforward.