SHOCKER: ROGERS SPLITS FROM APPLE

Ian Rogers, one of the architects of Beats Music and Apple Music, has abruptly left Apple, The Financial Times reports. He's heading to an as yet unnamed company in another field. More details as we get them.

In June, Rogers joined Jimmy Iovine and Larry Jackson for an in-depth conversation that's worth re-reading now.

Before Beats/Apple, Rogers was best-known as the founder/head of Topspin and generally as a forward-thinking super-geek.