Apple

Apple

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Apple is a publicly owned multinational technology company founded in 1976 with headquarters in the United States. Employing over 303,860 people, the company designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. In 2024, Apple's revenue exceeded $1 billion.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1976

Headcount

303,860

Headquarters

US

Primary Segment

Consumer electronics

Ownership

Publicly Owned

Deployments

3

News Summary:

On September 16, 2025, Apple received a Webby Award as one of the most influential companies in internet history. Later, Blackmagic Design announced support for Apple ProRes RAW in DaVinci Resolve 20.2 and Blackmagic Camera 9.8, including footage from the iPhone 17 Pro. These announcements follow news of Liberty Media's pursuit of media rights partnerships, potentially involving Apple.

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Apple offers 10 products in the media and telecoms services, media tech and telecoms tech industries. Apple's product portfolio comprises of media and TV services, production and post production, audio, enterprise and telecoms software, consumer electronics and user experience and devices.

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Apple's revenues were $416.2B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Apple's revenue into 8 different product categories, the largest of which is consumer devices, which represents 79% of Apple's revenue.

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Dec

3rd

2025

09:59

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

IDC lifts 2025 smartphone shipment forecast thanks to Apple growth, sees 1% drop in 2026

The International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts a 1.5 percent year-on-year rise in global smartphone shipments in 2025 to 1.25 billion units in its latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, up from its earlier forecast of 1.0 percent growth.

Dec

3rd

2025

05:03

Partnerships and Alliances, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Nowhere To Go But Up; Rolling Out The (Code) Red Carpet

Homepage Hero? If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. That’s Newsweek’s course of action to combat the dip in traffic publishers are seeing due to growing chatbot use and Google AI Overviews, Digiday reports. It’s developing an AI-powered homepage, based on Google’s AI Overviews, as part of a partnership with Google Cloud.

Dec

2nd

2025

07:52

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Wearable band shipments up 3% in Q3, market value surges to USD 12 bln

The global wearable band market shipped 54.6 million devices in the third quarter of 2025, up just 3 percent year on year, according to the latest data from Omdia.

Dec

2nd

2025

05:03

New Offerings, Capital Investment, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Omnicom Downsizes But OmniPlusses; VCs Aren’t Buying Dotcoms

Agents Of Change Shrinking is a necessary part of growth – that is, according to Omnicom, which is consolidating after absorbing fellow holding company IPG. IPG had already cut thousands of jobs prior to the merger, and now Omnicom estimates that about 4,000 more positions will be eliminated.

Dec

2nd

2025

04:39

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Apple Puts Accessibility Center Stage in a Joyful Campus Musical

Apple is tapping into a similar creative approach that helped redefine how the brand talks about accessibility. The tech giant re-hired Kim Gehrig, the director of its Emmy Award-winning 2022 ad “The Greatest,” for a new spot demonstrating how people with disabilities use its built-in accessibility features in everyday life.

Dec

1st

2025

10:16

Apple owners most loyal smartphone customers - MTS

Over half of smartphone customers on the MTS network in Russia who purchased new devices this year (52%) bought new models from the same vendors, according to the operator. The share is up 10 percent year-on-year. Apple leads by loyalty with 79 percent renewing their choice for an iPhone, down only slightly from 80 percent a year ago. Realme follows with 69 percent (up from 17 percent), and Xiaomi was at 60 percent (up from 41 percent). Samsung follows with 43 percent (up from 37 percent).

Nov

27th

2025

09:54

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Apple takes remedial action after parental control obligation breach in France

Apple has issued an automatic update for iOS 26 users in France, following a formal request from ANFR, the country's spectrum agency. This remedial action was required to comply with regulation that came into effect in July 2024, mandating free parental controls on connected devices.

Nov

24th

2025

21:12

Baseball, Sports Rights Updates

Inside MLB's New Media Rights Deals With NBC, Netflix, And ESPN

Inside MLB's New Media Rights Deals With NBC, Netflix, And ESPN Major League Baseball is coming off one of the most exciting World Series of the century (and perhaps ever). The Los Angeles Dodgers, led by World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in a wild seven-game series, capped off by a come-from-behind, 11-inning victory in the deciding seventh game.

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Nov

24th

2025

20:00

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

They Were Always Google Chow: Did Big Media Ever Stand A Chance Against Big Tech? — TVREV

My friend Evan Shapīro has another one of his TV Populist pieces up today, ranting about the greed and stupidity of so many of the people running major media companies. He’s not wrong in his take—the level of WTF-ness over the past half-decade or so has generally been off the charts.

Nov

20th

2025

20:17

Sports Rights Updates

MLS Announces 2026 Regular Season Schedule

NEW YORK (Thursday, November 20, 2025) – Major League Soccer today announced the schedule and broadcast details for the 2026 MLS regular season. The 2026 season will be highlighted by the opening of Inter Miami CF’s new home at Miami Freedom Park in April and this summer’s FIFA World Cup 2026 in North America.

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Nov

17th

2025

07:41

Management Changes, Emerging Tech, CT_Monitor Company

Apple prepares for new CEO as Cook plans departure - report

Apple CEO Tim Cook may step down as soon as next year, the Financial Times reports. Several people familiar with discussions inside Apple said that its board and senior executives have recently intensified preparations for Cook to hand over the reins after more than 14 years. John Ternus, Apple's senior vice-president of hardware engineering, is widely seen as Cook's most likely successor, although no final decisions have been made, the report said.

Nov

17th

2025

05:42

Sports Rights Updates

Apple and MLS agree to end US$2.5bn broadcast deal three years early in 2029

MLS to receive additional US$50m in renegotiation League switches to winter schedule in 2027 Apple can still renew if it wishes Major League Soccer (MLS) and Apple have agreed to end their ten-year US$2.5 billion global streaming deal after the conclusion of the 2028/29 season – three and a half years early.

Apple has commercial and technical partners like Ericsson and Comcast Corporation. Examples of Apple's suppliers include Deluxe, Canal+ and Qualcomm.

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Apple currently holds 10 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including soccer | association football, motorsports and other sports.

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