The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Ian Rogers, the head of Beats Music, will now also lead iTunes Radio following the Apple acquisition. Apple wants to increase collaboration between both Beats Music and iTunes Radio by having both streaming services led by Rogers. Up to now, iTunes Radio has been headed by Jeff Robin’s team, best known for creating the software that became iTunes.
The Journal says that Rogers’ leadership will increase ‘cohesion’ between the services, which currently offer a lot of app in their end-user experiences. It is still unclear whether Apple has plans to consolidate the brands.
The $3 billion acquisition saw most employees of Beats join Apple. As announced earlier this year, Beats Music employees will join Eddy Cue’s team and the hardware continent of Beats — Beats Electronics — will report to Phil Schiller. The exact responsibilities of other key executives, such as Iovine and Trent Reznor, is currently unclear.
