Eddy Cue

By MacRumors Staff
Eddy Cue is Apple's SVP of Internet Software and Services, aka the iTunes chief. He oversees iTunes, Apple Music, Apple Pay, Siri, Maps, iCloud, and Apple iOS and Mac apps. Until recently, he was also in charge of the App Stores on iOS, Mac, and Apple TV, but leadership of those was handed over to Phil Schiller in late 2015.

Eddy Cue has been with Apple since 1989 and is a member of the company's executive team. Along with Phil Schiller and Tim Cook, he is often seen on stage at events and he often participates in interviews where he speaks for the company.

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Apple's Eddy Cue Explains Why Google is iPhone's Default Search Engine

Tuesday September 26, 2023 1:04 pm PDT by
Apple's services chief Eddy Cue today testified in the antitrust trial between the U.S. Department of Justice and Google, answering questions about a deal that sees Google set as the default search engine on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. According to a report from The Verge today, Google pays Apple billions of dollars per year in order for Google to be set as the default search engine on Apple...
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Apple Rules Out Bid for Premier League Football Over Global Rights

Monday July 24, 2023 7:31 am PDT by
Apple services chief Eddy Cue has effectively ruled out the company's rumored bid to obtain the broadcasting rights to the English Premier League for Apple TV+. Apple has reportedly been interested in obtaining the rights to broadcast the Premier League as far back as 2012. Earlier this year, Bloomberg highlighted Apple's consideration of a bid for the rights to stream the Premier League,...
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Eddy Cue Shares Letter Reflecting on Apple's Services in 2022

Tuesday January 10, 2023 7:44 am PST by
Apple today highlighted the success of its services in 2022, including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, Apple Fitness+, Apple News+, Apple Maps, Apple Pay, Apple Card, Apple Podcasts, iCloud, and others. One notable statistic shared by Apple is that App Store developers have earned more than $320 billion since 2008. Meanwhile, Apple Fitness+ now has 3,500 workouts and...
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Apple's Eddy Cue Restructuring Services Team to Focus More on Streaming and Advertising

Monday May 9, 2022 3:16 pm PDT by
Apple's senior vice president of services Eddy Cue is working to restructure services management with the aim of focusing more on streaming and advertising, according to a new report from Business Insider. Cue sees streaming and advertising as areas where there is opportunity for revenue growth, and he has already begun updating the responsibilities of key services executives. Peter Stern,...
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Apple's Past Sideloading Plans, Ecosystem Lock-in Strategy, and More Revealed in Internal Documents

Friday August 20, 2021 8:35 am PDT by
Documents highlighted by The Verge and disclosed as part of the Apple vs. Epic Games trial have revealed that Apple discussed plans for sideloading apps, sought to lock users into its ecosystem using gift cards, attempted to tackle chaos in the App Store review process, and more. Several of the internal documents related to internal discussions around the possibility of sideloading iPhone...
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Apple's Eddy Cue Joins Duke University Board of Trustees

Thursday July 8, 2021 5:39 am PDT by
Apple's senior VP of software and services Eddy Cue has joined the Board of Trustees at Duke University in North Carolina, institution officials have announced. Cue earned bachelor's degrees in computer science and economics at Duke University. He is also an avid Duke basketball fan, and both of his sons Adam and Spencer also studied Computer Science at Duke University. Cue joins six...
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Eddy Cue Says Spatial Audio on Apple Music is Equivalent to Watching HD Television for First Time

Tuesday June 8, 2021 9:00 am PDT by
Apple Music's new Spatial Audio feature started rolling out on Monday evening and officially launches today, and to mark the occasion, Apple's services chief Eddy Cue and Apple Music radio host Zane Lowe shared some thoughts. Spatial Audio, based on Dolby Atmos, is an immersive three-dimensional audio format that enables musicians to mix music so it sounds like the instruments are all around ...
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Apple's Eddy Cue Reportedly Advising Tom Brady's New NFT Company

Thursday April 8, 2021 12:27 pm PDT by
NFL star quarterback Tom Brady is teaming up with entrepreneur Richard Rosenblatt to launch a new NFT company called Autograph this spring, and Apple executive Eddy Cue will serve as an advisor to the company, according to CNN. As a Senior Vice President at Apple, Cue oversees many of the company's services, such as Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Maps, and iCloud. Once a fixture at Apple...
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British Carrier Says 5G iPhone Just 'Days Away' in Internal Video Featuring Apple's Eddy Cue

Tuesday September 22, 2020 10:05 am PDT by
Apple is on the cusp of launching its first 5G iPhone models, according to Marc Allera, the CEO of British Telecom's consumer brands BT and EE. "We are just days away from Apple's next major launch, a 5G iPhone, which will be a huge boost for 5G," said Allera, in an internal video presentation shared with the company's employees today. "Teams in all parts of Consumer have been preparing all...
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Eddy Cue Talks Apple TV+, Apple News+, and Apple Music in New Interview

Monday July 1, 2019 8:06 am PDT by
Eddy Cue recently spoke with The Times to discuss various topics related to Apple's services, which he helps run, including Apple Music, Apple News+, and the upcoming Apple TV+. Much of the interview focused on ‌Apple TV+‌ and its launch this fall, with Cue stating that Apple's focus will be on quality over quantity. Apple's plan will be in direct contrast to Netflix, which creates a lot of...
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Former Apple Employees on Eddy Cue: Siri and Eddy Were 'A Bad Fit' and He is 'Always Doing Too Many Things'

Wednesday September 5, 2018 10:21 am PDT by
A new profile on Apple chief Eddy Cue has been shared online today by The Information, highlighting Cue's history and leadership at the company, as well as a few of his more interesting quirks. Specifically, the story looks at Apple's services segment -- which Cue oversees -- and some of the missteps it has taken over the years, despite being a consistent revenue earner for the company....
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Eddy Cue Selling His Gorgeous Vacation Home Near Lake Tahoe for $12 Million

Thursday May 10, 2018 8:51 am PDT by
Apple senior executive Eddy Cue, who oversees the company's services and worldwide video programming divisions, is selling his beautiful and luxurious vacation home near Lake Tahoe, according to Realtor.com. Images: Realtor.com The report claims Cue recently placed the 7,900-square-foot home, located on a 1.7-acre property within a golf and ski community in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, on the ...
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iTunes Chief Eddy Cue: 'We're All In' on Original Content

Monday March 12, 2018 11:26 am PDT by
Apple iTunes music chief Eddy Cue is at the SXSW conference today, where he sat down for an interview with CNN's Dylan Byers to discuss media, entertainment, and why curation matters. The major announcement of the event was Apple's pending acquisition of magazine subscription service Texture, which will be integrated into Apple News, but Cue also shared some insight into Apple's original...
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iTunes Chief Eddy Cue Says Apple Will Share Details on its TV Plans in 'a Little Bit of Time'

Wednesday February 7, 2018 12:48 pm PST by
Apple iTunes chief Eddy Cue today spoke at Variety's 2018 Pollstar Live event in Los Angeles, California, where he discussed Apple Music and the Music Business with Variety Executive Music Editor Shirley Halperin. Cue's talk wasn't streamed live for viewers at home to watch, but several attendees shared Cue's major talking points on Twitter. Image via Stacey Cohen White Unsurprisingly,...
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Apple Senior VP Eddy Cue Announced as Featured Speaker for SXSW 2018

Tuesday January 30, 2018 8:35 am PST by
Apple's senior vice president of internet software and services Eddy Cue has been announced as a Featured Speaker for 2018's South By Southwest Conference event. SXSW takes place from March 9-18 in Austin, Texas, and Cue will lead a talk focused on startup companies and the tech sector, accompanied by CNN senior reporter Dylan Byers. Other speakers include Steve Jobs biography writer Walter...
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iTunes Chief Eddy Cue to Participate in Q&A Session at Pollstar Live! 2018 Conference

Thursday December 14, 2017 1:20 pm PST by
Apple iTunes Chief Eddy Cue will attend the Pollstar Live! 2018 Conference where he will sit down for a QA session with Variety Executive Music Editor Shirley Halperin, Variety reported today. Cue's official title is vice president of Internet Software and Services, and he oversees both iTunes and Apple Music along with Apple Pay, Maps, iCloud services, Apple's video efforts, and more."Eddy...
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Eddy Cue Says He 'Disagrees Vehemently' With Those Who Believe Apple's Pace of Innovation Has Slowed

Monday October 16, 2017 8:35 am PDT by
Just over a decade after the iPhone launched, and six years after Steve Jobs passed, some critics believe that Apple's pace of innovation has slowed. Unsurprisingly, Apple's services chief Eddy Cue doesn't share that opinion. "I disagree vehemently with that and I think we've been incredibly innovative," said Cue, in a recent interview with Indian publication Livemint. Cue pointed out...
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Apple Opening Two Mac Labs in India That Will Teach Students How to Create Music Using Logic Pro X

Wednesday October 11, 2017 6:46 am PDT by
Apple today announced it will be opening two so-called "Mac Labs" at the KM Music Conservatory's campuses in the Indian cities of Chennai and Mumbai. The labs will teach students how to create music using Logic Pro X. Apple also said it will fund 10 full time musical scholarships at the learning institution for students from underprivileged backgrounds. Great to be in Mumbai w/ @KMMC_Chenn ...
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Tim Cook Rises and Eddy Cue Drops on Vanity Fair's 2017 New Establishment List

Tuesday October 3, 2017 8:38 am PDT by
Vanity Fair released its annual New Establishment List this week, which it has described as the top 100 so-called "Silicon Valley hotshots, Hollywood moguls, Wall Street titans, and cultural icons," and two Apple executives made the cut. Apple CEO Tim Cook rose to third overall, up from 11th in the year-ago list. Apple's services chief Eddy Cue, who recently ceded Siri leadership to software...
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Apple Acknowledges Siri Leadership Has Officially Moved From Eddy Cue to Craig Federighi

Friday September 1, 2017 8:28 am PDT by
Apple has updated its executive leadership page to acknowledge that software engineering chief Craig Federighi now officially oversees development of Siri. The responsibility previously belonged to Apple's services chief Eddy Cue. Craig Federighi is Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Craig oversees the development of iOS, macOS, and Siri. His...