Some of Apple's online services, including the App Store, Apple TV, Podcasts, and Music, appear to be down globally since at least 6:31pm ET (Richard Lawler/The Verge)

Richard Lawler / The Verge:

Some of Apple’s online providers, including the App Store, Apple TV, Podcasts, and Music, appear to be down globally since at least 6:31pm ET  —  Apple’s online providers appear to be having some issues, with an outage reducing many of us off from the App Store, Apple TV, and Apple Music.