--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: Beats: Inside Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine's Empire image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Companies](/tag/companies/) ## Companies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre: Inside the Beats Empire by [Allison Duda](/author/alison-duda/) ## Allison Duda Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 29, 2014 4:37 PM CUT by [Allison Duda](/author/alison-duda/) ## Allison Duda Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 29, 2014 4:37 PM CUT  Click to see fullsized image ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/136578/inside-the-beats-empire/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/136578/inside-the-beats-empire/"},"headline":"Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre: Inside the Beats Empire","datePublished":"2014-05-29T16:37:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:20.496Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/136578/inside-the-beats-empire/","keywords":["Companies","Retail","Music","Beats"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Allison Duda","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alison-duda/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/companies/","name":"Companies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/136578/inside-the-beats-empire/","name":"Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre: Inside the Beats Empire"}}]}] ```