苹果收购Beats是该公司有史以来最大的一笔收购，因此首席执行官蒂姆•库克（timcook）为员工准备了一份热情的声明才有意义。库克说，收购Beats将最终改善苹果的产品线，扩大其生态系统。”让我们的公司走到一起，为我们的客户所喜爱的惊人发展铺平了道路。”

一旦收购完成，Beats Music的员工将向Eddy Cue汇报，他目前领导着苹果的各种数字店面（包括iTunes和App Store）以及iCloud等网络服务。”库克说：“苹果和Beats都认为，一项伟大的音乐服务需要一支强大的编辑和策划团队，我们将继续扩大在这些领域的业务。”。市场总监Phil Schiller将监督Beats Electronics的耳机、扬声器和其他产品。这些细节似乎证实了Dre和Jimmy Iovine一旦成为正式员工，他们将把注意力集中在其他地方——以及苹果的未来。库克写给苹果员工的整封信如下，由9to5Mac提供。

Team,

This afternoon we announced that Apple is acquiring Beats Music and Beats Electronics, two fast-growing businesses which complement our product line and will help extend the Apple ecosystem in the future. Bringing our companies together paves the way for amazing developments which our customers will love.

Music is an important part of our lives and our culture. Music has the power to inspire us, to comfort us, and to send our emoti*** soaring. It brings people together and transcends the limits of spoken language.

Apple’s history in music began with selling Macs to musicians. That remains important to us today, but we also bring music to hundreds of milli*** of customers with iTunes, which is at the forefront of the digital music revolution. Music holds a special place in our hearts at Apple, and we know that we can make an even bigger contribution to something that is so important to our society. That’s why we have kept investing in music and why we’re bringing together these extraordinary teams — so we can continue to create the most innovative music products and services in the world.

Beats co-founders and music industry pioneers Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will join Apple, along with their team of employees. Jimmy has been on the cutting edge of innovation in the music industry for decades, including as a key partner for Apple in the launch of the iTunes Music Store more than ten years ago. He has produced or collaborated with some of the most popular artists in history, and been an important contributor to the success of the iTunes Store.

Beats Music was built with deep respect for both artists and fans. We think it’s the first subscription service to really get it right. Both Apple and Beats believe that a great music service requires a strong editorial and curation team, and we will continue to expand what we do in those areas. The addition of Beats will make our incredible iTunes lineup even better, extending the emotional connection our customers have with music.

The Beats Music team will report to Eddy. The teams will be getting to know each other better in the weeks ahead, and we are very excited about the possibilities for the future.

Beats Electronics has become the brand of choice for headphones and speakers in both the music and sports world, just five years after its launch. They are among the most popular and highest-rated third-party products sold today in Apple’s retail and online stores. We see an incredible opportunity to bring Apple’s legendary design and engineering capabilities to these popular products under Phil’s leadership.

Please join me in welcoming Beats to Apple. I hope you are as excited as I am about this new chapter in our history.

Tim