Monster Will No Longer Make Dr. Dre Beats Headphones

Beats won’t renew its five-year contract with Monster when it ends late this year…

Monster and Beats Headphones are breaking up.

According to Bloomberg Business Week, the partnership between Monster Cable Products and Beats Electronics is coming to an end. Beats has opted not to renew its five-year contract with Monster when it ends late this year.

While both companies  say the separation is amicable, the relationship turned sour over financial terms, according to two anonymous sources. The reason? Disagreements on which side deserves the most credit for the line’s success.

But Beats is ready to go off on its own. The company’s sound technology is already in many computers made by Hewlett-Packard, the Chrysler 300 S sedan, and smartphones created by HTC. Beats also wants to expand into TVs and specialized audio gear for athletes.

“We have very big ambitions for Beats beyond headphones,” Iovine said during the Consumer Electronics Show on January 10. “Music has got to succeed on the phone or else the record industry will never thrive.” —Mariel Concepcion @mceezy

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  1. kenny  | January 13, 2012 8:54 am

    GETTING IT CHEAPER AND BETTER FROM ASIA LOL . POOR MONSTER .

  2. Lloyd  | January 13, 2012 12:24 pm

    Dr.Dre deserves the credit! just ask anyone who bought it… who do you think of when you think of BEATS AUDIO… Dr.Dre!

  3. mal mania  | January 13, 2012 1:12 pm

    Lol @ kenny he prolli right the beats were overpriced tho bc u cud find some headphones dat cost 150 dat do more so if u factor n style i wud pay 200 for da studio

  4. JT  | January 13, 2012 4:40 pm

    YEAH BUT CHINA AND OVER THERE THOSE HEAD PHONES CHEAP AS HELL FALL APART OR ONE SIDE STOPS WORKIN AFTER DROPPIN IT ONE TIME NO ONE WANTS TO PAY MORE FOR THE BETTER STUFF U PAY FOR WHAT U GET

  5. Free Speech  | January 16, 2012 12:29 pm

    guess Dre and Iobine found out that monster were the ones making the illegal/bootleg copies of the Beats range of headphones.
    Must be tough to find that your supposed partners are the actual chazzers bootlegging your shit

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